Thompson Township
Schoolcraft County, Michigan
Last verified September 17, 2026
Thompson Township is a jurisdiction in Schoolcraft 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
- 906-341-3674
- Department Site
- Schoolcraft County Zoning Ordinance Administration (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
Schoolcraft County Courthouse, Room 207300 Walnut Street
Manistique, MI 49854
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
Thompson Township's own official site (thompsonmi.gov, reached via redirect from thompsontownshipmi.com) lists only general township contact info (Phone 906-341-5761, PO Box 174, Manistique, MI 49854) with no dedicated building/zoning permit page. Schoolcraft County's Zoning Ordinance Administration (Austin Clark, Zoning Administrator), on the county's own official site, states it handles zoning permits, conditional use applications and variances countywide including Thompson Township; the county also offers a 'LandShark' land record search at landshark.schoolcraftcounty.us. It is unconfirmed whether construction/building code permits (as opposed to zoning permits) are issued by the county or directly by the State of Michigan Bureau of Construction Codes, which is common in rural Upper Peninsula townships without a certified local building department -- flagged as uncertain, not omitted per project convention. Zoning dept email is Cloudflare-obscured on the site and could not be confirmed as plain text, so left null.
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 — Thompson 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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