Mentor Township
Cheboygan County, Michigan
Last verified September 17, 2026
Mentor Township is a jurisdiction in Cheboygan 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
Permit Search
No online permit database on file — contact the department directly by phone or email.
Certificate Holder Mailing Address
Cheboygan County Building Safety870 South Main Street, Room 102, P.O. Box 70
Cheboygan, MI 49721
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
UNCONFIRMED delegation: Cheboygan County's own Building Safety Department (phone (231) 627-8813, email buildingsafety@cheboygancounty.net) appears to be the likely building-permit issuer county-wide, but the county's own Planning & Zoning page explicitly lists only nine other townships (Benton, Beaugrand, Ellis, Grant, Inverness, Koehler, Mullett, Tuscarora, plus the county) under its Master Plan / zoning-enforcement scope and does NOT name Mentor Township, and separately states zoning enforcement excludes the City of Cheboygan, Burt Township, and the Villages of Mackinaw City and Wolverine — meaning Mentor Township's zoning/building arrangement could not be confirmed either way on an official source. Township officials found via search (not an official township website, which could not be located): Supervisor Greg Whittaker, Clerk Dee Whittaker, Treasurer Kathy L. Mattson (231-525-8643); Township Hall at 8240 S. Straits Hwy., Indian River, mailing address 7650 S. Straits Hwy., Indian River, MI 49749 — these are general contacts, not confirmed permit-department contacts, so left out of structured fields as a hedge. This is a DIFFERENT, UNRELATED government from Mentor Township in Oscoda County (entry below), which happens to share the same name.
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 — Mentor Township'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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