Nottawa Township

St. Joseph County, Michigan

Last verified September 17, 2026

Nottawa Township is a jurisdiction in St. Joseph 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
(269) 467-7835
Email
clerk@nottawatownship.org
Department Site
Nottawa Township Building/Zoning (Building Inspector Joe Wickey) (opens in a new tab)

Source: nottawatownship.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

Nottawa Township
112 S. Clark St. / PO Box 68
Centreville, MI 49032

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

Additional Notes

Official township site (nottawatownship.org) lists Joe Wickey as Building Inspector and provides a Building Permit Application PDF at that domain, but our automated fetch tool could not load the site directly (connection refused each attempt) to independently confirm a phone/email specific to the building department. The phone and email above are the township clerk's general contact info surfaced via search-engine snippets of the official site; they are likely the correct point of contact for a small township like this, but should be verified by phone before publishing.

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 — Nottawa 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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