Dallas Township
Clinton County, Michigan
Last verified September 17, 2026
Dallas Township is a jurisdiction in Clinton 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
- 989-224-5181
- buildingdept@clinton-county.org
- Department Site
- Clinton 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
100 E State Street, Suite 1300St. Johns, MI 48879
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
Dallas Township is one of the General Law Townships served by the Clinton County Building Department for building/electrical/plumbing/mechanical permits (per search-indexed county site content; a direct fetch of the county's full township jurisdiction list returned a 404 so this is not independently re-verified). Township's own Zoning Administrator, Tammy Z. Foster, P.E., 426 S. Clinton Street, Grand Ledge, MI 48837, 517-627-8068, dallastwp.zoning@gmail.com, handles zoning approval which is required before a building permit is issued (per PDF hosted on the township's official site, dallastwp.com). Township office: 225 S. Main St., Fowler, MI 48835.
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 — Dallas 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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