Village of Wolverine
Cheboygan County, Michigan
Last verified September 17, 2026
Village of Wolverine is a jurisdiction in Cheboygan 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
- 231-525-6656
- Department Site
- Cheboygan County Department of Building Safety (opens in a new tab)
Permit Search
Certificate Holder Mailing Address
Village of Wolverine5771 W Main St. (PO Box 247)
Wolverine, MI 49799
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
This is the Village of Wolverine in Cheboygan County — a DIFFERENT, unrelated jurisdiction from the Village of Wolverine Lake in Oakland County also in this batch; do not confuse the two despite the similar name. The village's own official site (villageofwolverine.com) repeatedly returned server errors (HTTP 500) when attempting to directly fetch/verify content during this research, so its phone number and address are sourced from search-engine snippets referencing that domain and other business listings (Yahoo/Yelp), not a directly-verified fetch — treat as a moderately-confident but not fully verified lead. One older search result also reported a different village phone, (231) 525-8351, for building permit inquiries; could not resolve which number is current. The village reportedly administers its own zoning separately from the county, but building safety/permitting for Cheboygan County villages and townships is believed to run through the county's Department of Building Safety (used elsewhere in this batch for Wilmot Township) — this was not explicitly confirmed for the Village of Wolverine specifically.
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 Wolverine'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.
More in Cheboygan County
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Other building permit jurisdictions in Cheboygan County:
- Aloha Township
- Beaugrand Township
- Benton Township
- Burt Township
- City of Cheboygan
- Ellis Township
- Forest Township
- Grant Township
- Hebron Township
- Inverness Township
- Koehler Township
- Village of Mackinaw City
- Mackinaw Township
- Mentor Township
- Mullett Township
- Munro Township
- Nunda Township
- Tuscarora Township
- Walker Township
- Waverly Township
- Wilmot Township