Beaver Township
Newaygo County, Michigan
Last verified September 17, 2026
Beaver Township is a jurisdiction in Newaygo 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, or the mailing address if the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Contact
- Phone
- (231) 689-7216
- Department Site
- Newaygo County Building & Safety Department (opens in a new tab)
Permit Search
Certificate Holder Mailing Address
Newaygo County Building & Safety Department306 North St, PO Box 885
White Cloud, MI 49349
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
This is Beaver Township in NEWAYGO County (unrelated to the separate Beaver Township in Bay County also in this list). Confirmed via Michigan LARA's Statewide Jurisdiction List (effective 05/01/06) that Newaygo County handles building code enforcement for this township. No dedicated official township website (.gov/.us) could be located; Beaver Township Hall is reported (via unofficial sources) to be located in the Volney area, but this is unconfirmed -- hedged. One search snippet suggested the county may use 'AllPaid' rather than BS&A for building permit payments specifically; unconfirmed, hedged.
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 — Beaver 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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