Olive Township

Clinton County, Michigan

Last verified September 17, 2026

Olive Township is a jurisdiction in Clinton 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
989-224-5181
Email
buildingdept@clinton-county.org
Department Site
Clinton County Building Department (opens in a new tab)

Source: clinton-county.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

Clinton County Building Department
100 E State Street, Suite 1300
St. Johns, MI 48879

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

Additional Notes

Confirmed via Clinton County's official site: Olive Township is one of the county's ten General Law Townships, and the county Building Department handles building, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical permits for these townships (fax 989-227-6492). Olive Township's own office (Clerk Elizabeth June, (517) 328-9494, 1400 W. Pratt Rd., Dewitt, MI 48820, by appointment only) can be contacted for local zoning/clerk matters but does not appear to run its own building department. This is the Olive Township in Clinton County, distinct from the separate Olive Township in Ottawa County, Michigan.

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 — Olive 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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