Village of Vicksburg

Kalamazoo County, Michigan

Last verified September 17, 2026

Village of Vicksburg is a jurisdiction in Kalamazoo 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: 269-649-1919
Department Site: Permits, Maps & Plans (Village Office) (opens in a new tab)

Source: vicksburgmi.org (opens in a new tab)

Permit Search

SCMCCI (South Central Michigan Construction Code Inspection) Applications (opens in a new tab)

Certificate Holder Mailing Address

Village of Vicksburg
126 N. Kalamazoo Ave.
Vicksburg, MI 49097

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

Additional Notes

Village's own site shows a zip inconsistency between pages (49094 vs 49097); 49097 is used here as it appears on the site's own current meeting-notice pages and matches other listings. Building/electrical/mechanical/plumbing permits are processed through SCMCCI (a contracted code-inspection agency) rather than in-house; SCMCCI's own site (scmcci.org) was not independently verified as a .gov/.us source, so treat the SCMCCI portal link as a located lead rather than a fully confirmed government source.

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 Vicksburg'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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