Turner Township
Arenac County, Michigan
Last verified September 17, 2026
Turner Township is a jurisdiction in Arenac 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
- 989-846-9791
- permits@arenaccountymi.gov
- Department Site
- Arenac County Building 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
Turner Township Hall110 Park St.
Twining, MI 48766
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
Building permits countywide (including for Turner Township) are issued through the Arenac County Building Department. Turner Township's own zoning administrator is reported as Rodney Daniels, 989-254-4895, per a search snippet attributed to Arenac County's official 'Inspectors and Township Officials' PDF listing (the PDF itself could not be parsed directly to re-confirm, so this is included as a hedge). Township hall address appears inconsistently across sources as '110 Park St., Twining, MI 48766' (contact turnertownship@gmail.com, 989-867-4045) versus '116 M-65, Twining, MI 48766' (given as a meeting location on the township's own site) — unconfirmed which is the authoritative mailing address. IMPORTANT: this is a distinct government from the separate Village of Turner, also in Arenac 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 — Turner 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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