Columbus Township
Luce County, Michigan
Last verified September 17, 2026
Columbus Township is a jurisdiction in Luce County, Michigan, with an online portal for searching and pulling active or historical building permits. Use the contact information below to reach the local building department.
Contact
Additional Notes
Luce County's own official site (lucecountymi.com/building-department) states new building permits must be submitted directly to the State of Michigan for plan review (no local county building department); state Permits Division phone/email above. Unconfirmed lead only (third-party regional planning site eup-planning.org, not an official .gov/.us or the township's own site): Columbus Township Hall address possibly 7459 Co. Rd. 415, McMillan, MI 49853, phone (906) 293-8803 - could not verify on an official source and no working official township website (.gov/.us or otherwise) was found, so left out of structured fields. Do not confuse with the separate, unrelated Columbus Township in St. Clair 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 — Columbus 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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