Village of Clarkston

Oakland County, Michigan

Last verified September 17, 2026

Village of Clarkston is a jurisdiction in Oakland County, Michigan, which does not currently list an online permit database — contact the department directly by phone or email. Use the contact information below to reach the local building department, or the mailing address if the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.

Contact

Phone: 248-625-8111
Department Site: Independence Township Building Department (administers permitting for the Village of Clarkston) (opens in a new tab)

Source: villageofclarkston.org (opens in a new tab)

Permit Search

No online permit database on file — contact the department directly by phone or email.

Certificate Holder Mailing Address

Independence Township Building Department
6483 Waldon Center Drive, 2nd Floor
Clarkston, MI 48346

Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.

Additional Notes

'Village of Clarkston' is retained intentionally per project convention: this government is legally a home-rule city ('City of the Village of Clarkston') but its official/legal name keeps the 'Village of' prefix, so jurisdictionTitle keeps it while jurisdiction strips it. The village's own official site (villageofclarkston.org) confirms building/electrical/plumbing/mechanical permitting, inspections, and questions are now handled by the Independence Township Building Department rather than an in-house department; a separate address of 375 Depot Rd, Clarkston, MI 48346 is also listed on the village site as a building-department location but the site directs all inquiries to Independence Township, so that address was not used as the primary certHolder.

What You Need Before Applying for a Permit

Most building departments ask for the same core package before they'll issue a permit: a completed application naming the property owner and contractor, the contractor's state license number and proof of insurance (general liability, and workers' comp if employees are on the job), a notice of commencement or equivalent recorded filing for larger jobs where the state requires one, and scaled plans or a site plan for anything beyond minor repairs. Roofing, fence, pool, and solar permits typically have their own simplified checklists — Village of Clarkston's department (above) can confirm exactly what applies to your project.

Why this matters for insurance: permit history is one of the first things an underwriter or adjuster checks. Unpermitted work — a finished basement, an added bedroom, a rebuilt roof — can complicate a claim or even void coverage for that portion of the loss, and it routinely surfaces during a home inspection. Pulling the right permit up front, and keeping the closed-permit record on file, protects both the property's value and its insurability at resale.

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