Village of New Era

Oceana County, Michigan

Last verified September 17, 2026

Village of New Era is a jurisdiction in Oceana 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
231-873-5355
Department Site
Oceana County Building Department (opens in a new tab)

Source: oceana.mi.us (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

Oceana County Building Department
3986 N Oceana Dr.
Hart, MI 49420

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

Additional Notes

The Village of New Era's own official village website could not be located in this research (search results only surfaced Oceana County's site and general encyclopedic/business-directory pages) — no evidence was found either way (via an official source) that New Era has a village-specific permitting arrangement distinct from the county. Oceana County's official building-department page was confirmed directly and did not specifically name New Era among townships with separate/independent arrangements (it named Newfield, Otto, and Grant Townships as having separate providers) — so New Era is presumed, but not explicitly confirmed, to fall under the standard county Building Department shown here. Flag this as an unconfirmed assumption; a village-level contact should be sought if a village website can be located.

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 New Era'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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