Village of Chatham
Alger County, Michigan
Last verified September 17, 2026
Village of Chatham is a jurisdiction in Alger 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
- 906-387-2727
- buildingcodes@algercounty.gov
- Department Site
- Alger County Building Codes Department (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
Alger County Building Codes Department101 Court Street
Munising, MI 49862
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
No official Village of Chatham government website (.gov/.us or otherwise) could be located during this research. Alger County's official site states building/construction permits are handled by the county Building Codes Department (Inspector Joe Cilc) and that 'all zoning is handled by individual townships' -- Chatham is geographically within Rock River Township, whose clerk is Dawn Leppanen per third-party sources, but no official Rock River Township or Village of Chatham site was found to confirm village-level zoning contact. Third-party aggregator infomi.com lists an unconfirmed Village of Chatham address (PO Box 167, Chatham, MI 49816) and phone (906) 439-5608 -- flagged here only as an unverified lead, not asserted as fact, per sourcing policy. IMPORTANT domain collision found and excluded: chathamla.gov belongs to Chatham, Louisiana (Jackson Parish) and chathamil.gov appears to reference Chatham, Illinois -- neither is this Michigan village; do not use either domain for this record.
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 — Village of Chatham'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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