Winterfield Township
Clare County, Michigan
Last verified September 17, 2026
Winterfield Township is a jurisdiction in Clare 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
- goodmant@clareco.net
- Department Site
- Clare County Community Development (Building Department) (opens in a new tab)
Source: clareco.net (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
Clare County Community Development225 W Main St.
Harrison, MI 48625
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
Winterfield Township has its own official website (winterfieldtownship.org) but no building/zoning permit department contact could be confirmed there, and its Contact Us page could not be fetched. It was not confirmed on an official page whether Winterfield Township is directly served by Clare County Community Development, but this is Clare County's standard countywide building/electrical/plumbing/mechanical permitting department, referenced from the county's own site (clareco.net) as 'Building Department / Community Development'; day-to-day operations run through clareco-buildingdev.net (phone 989-539-2761, email goodmant@clareco.net), which is not a .gov/.us domain but uses an @clareco.net staff email, hence included with a hedge. A separately-sourced (third-party, unconfirmed) phone number (989) 539-9409 and address (6425 Haskell Lake Road, Marion, MI 49655) was reported for 'Winterfield Township Town Hall' itself but could not be verified on an official government source, so it is omitted from the phone field per sourcing rules — flagging it here as an unconfirmed lead.
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 — Winterfield 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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