Home Township

Montcalm County, Michigan

Last verified September 17, 2026

Home Township is a jurisdiction in Montcalm 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: (989) 289-2268
Department Site: Zoning Department (Dave Kelsey, Zoning Manager) (opens in a new tab)

Source: hometownshipmontcalm.gov (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

Home Township
1251 E. M-46 (mailing: PO Box 470)
Edmore, MI 48829

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

Additional Notes

Township's own official site (hometownshipmontcalm.gov) confirms a Zoning Manager (Dave Kelsey) handling zoning permits; a listed email address exists on the page but was rendered as obfuscated/unreadable text during this research pass, so it is left null rather than guessed. Structural building permits are issued by the Montcalm County Building Department per the county's own site, since townships in Montcalm County enforce zoning but the county issues the actual building permit - hedge on exact division of labor. This is a distinct government from the unrelated Home Township in Newaygo County.

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 — Home 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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