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Do you need a permit to replace a roof in Marshall, MI?

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City of Marshall - Department of Building Safety

Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Marshall, MI, issued by City of Marshall - Department of Building Safety. In the City of Marshall a reroof is a permit job with its own fee: the Residential Building Permit Application (revised July 2025) lists "Roof" as a type of job and prices "Residential Roofing $120 per application" with a non-refundable administrative fee of $100.00 added to every permit, and says "AS OF JULY 1, 2023 ANY WORK COMPLETED BEFORE PERMIT IS ISSUED WILL BE SUBJECT TO A FEE OF DOUBLE THE PERMIT FEE, UP TO $5000" and "Any work covered before permit was pulled will require contractor/owner to uncover at their expense." The application says "You will be notified within 10 business days (unless otherwise communicated) as to the status of your application" and that once the invoice is paid "you will be issued your permit and work may begin." The building and trade permits page says permits can be submitted in person, by mail, by email or through the city's BS&A online portal, that inspections are scheduled by calling 269-781-3985 or through the portal, and that card payments carry a 3% processing fee. The Department of Building Safety is at 323 West Michigan Avenue, open Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 5 pm, closed 12:30 to 1:30 for lunch, with shorter summer hours on Fridays. The application also shows a $25.00 contractor registration fee.

Roof code checklist: Marshall, MI

ItemAnswerCode citeSourceVerified
Permit to replace a roofYescityofmarshall.com2026-10-11
Repair permit thresholdPublishedcityofmarshall.com2026-10-11
Layer limit / roof-overPublishedR908.3.1.1codes.iccsafe.org2026-10-11
Deck & sheathingPublishedR905.2.1codes.iccsafe.org2026-10-11
Drip edgeYesR905.2.8.5codes.iccsafe.org2026-10-11
Ice & water shieldYesR905.1.2ars.apps.lara.state.mi.us2026-10-11
Mid-roof inspectionNot published
Impact-resistant (Class 4) roofingNoars.apps.lara.state.mi.us2026-10-11
Wind design criteriaNot published
Adopted codePublishedSec. 154.03ars.apps.lara.state.mi.us2026-10-11
Contractor license / registrationYeslegislature.mi.gov2026-10-11
Sales & use taxPublishedlegislature.mi.gov2026-10-11

Each row comes from the sourced record on this page; full wording is in the table below. "Not published" means no official source for that item was found when the record was last verified.

Jurisdiction
City of Marshall, Michigan
Jurisdiction type
city
Address
323 West Michigan Avenue, Marshall, MI 49068
Contact
  • url: https://cityofmarshall.com/163/Building-and-Trade-Permits
  • phone: 269-781-3985
Permit portal
Permit portal
Roofing permit required
Required
Contractor registration required
Required
Registration details
  • state_level: Michigan licenses residential maintenance and alteration contractors under the Occupational Code, and that licence "includes the following crafts and trades" among which it names roofing (MCL 339.2404(3)); "A person shall not engage in or attempt to engage in the practice of an occupation regulated under this act" without the licence (MCL 339.601(1)). MCL 339.2403 lists who may work without one, including a project whose "aggregate contract price for the labor, material, and any other items for the undertaking or project is less than $600.00". This record does not decide whether a given roofer falls inside an exemption.
  • city_level: Section 150.68 of the City of Marshall's Code of Ordinances provides that "No person, corporation or business required to be licensed by the State of Michigan or by any political subdivision of the State of Michigan shall perform work within the corporate limit of the city without first registering their license(s) with the city." The city's Contractor Registration form prints "$25.00 Registration Fee" and requires a copy of the contractor's licence and liability insurance carrier; the registration expires when the state licence expires. The registration files the state credential and an insurance carrier, and the city sets no licence class, bond or examination of its own in the documents read. This record does not decide whether a given roofer falls inside a state exemption.
Permit process note
In the City of Marshall a reroof is a permit job with its own fee: the Residential Building Permit Application (revised July 2025) lists "Roof" as a type of job and prices "Residential Roofing $120 per application" with a non-refundable administrative fee of $100.00 added to every permit, and says "AS OF JULY 1, 2023 ANY WORK COMPLETED BEFORE PERMIT IS ISSUED WILL BE SUBJECT TO A FEE OF DOUBLE THE PERMIT FEE, UP TO $5000" and "Any work covered before permit was pulled will require contractor/owner to uncover at their expense." The application says "You will be notified within 10 business days (unless otherwise communicated) as to the status of your application" and that once the invoice is paid "you will be issued your permit and work may begin." The building and trade permits page says permits can be submitted in person, by mail, by email or through the city's BS&A online portal, that inspections are scheduled by calling 269-781-3985 or through the portal, and that card payments carry a 3% processing fee. The Department of Building Safety is at 323 West Michigan Avenue, open Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 5 pm, closed 12:30 to 1:30 for lunch, with shorter summer hours on Fridays. The application also shows a $25.00 contractor registration fee.
Adopted code
2015 Michigan Residential Code. This is state law and it is the same in every Michigan city, village, township and county: the state construction code act says "This act and the code apply throughout the state," and the Michigan Residential Code rule adopts "the international residential code, 2015 edition" with the state amendments in R 408.30500 to R 408.30547g. A 2021 edition was filed with the secretary of state in 2025 but has not taken effect. On July 7, 2025 the Michigan Court of Claims entered a stipulated order in Home Builders Assoc et al. v LARA et al., and the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) says that while that order remains in place "the 2015 versions of the IRC and residential provisions of the IECC standards currently adopted, in part, by each rule set will remain valid and in effect." The State of Michigan's Statewide Jurisdiction List names the City of Marshall as its own building code enforcer. Section 154.03 of the city's Code of Ordinances provides that the "Michigan Building Code, and Appendix G of the Michigan Building Code shall be enforced by the enforcing agency within the City of Marshall" and Section 150.01 assumes enforcement of the state act; neither names a residential code edition, and the city's permit application names none. Section 150.85 adopts the International Property Maintenance Code of 2015, which is a property maintenance code.
Drip edge
Required — Required on asphalt shingle roofs by state law. Michigan makes no amendment to the drip edge rule of the 2015 International Residential Code, Section R905.2.8.5, which applies as published: "A drip edge shall be provided at eaves and rake edges of shingle roofs." Segments overlap by at least 2 inches, the drip edge extends at least 1/4 inch below the roof sheathing and at least 2 inches back onto the deck, it is fastened at no more than 12 inches on center, and underlayment goes over it at the eaves and under it at the rakes. A reroof is held to the same rule, because "Materials and methods of application used for re-covering or replacing an existing roof covering shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 9" (R908.1). Chapter 150 of the Marshall Code of Ordinances, the city's building and trade permits page and its residential building permit application were read for a local rule and state nothing further on drip edge. About drip edge
Ice & water shield
Required — Required everywhere in Michigan by state law. Michigan fills in the climatic design table of the 2015 code once for the whole state (Rule 516, Table R301.2(1)), and its ice barrier underlayment column reads Yes. The state footnote calls for Yes "for areas where the average daily temperature in January is 25 degrees Fahrenheit" or less, or where ice damming has caused damage. The base code then requires an ice barrier "for asphalt shingles, metal roof shingles, mineral-surfaced roll roofing, slate and slate-type shingles, wood shingles and wood shakes," running "from the lowest edges of all roof surfaces to a point not less than 24 inches (610 mm) inside the exterior wall line of the building" (R905.1.2). Detached accessory structures without conditioned floor area are exempt. On a tear-off, an existing ice barrier that is adhered to the deck may stay and be covered with an additional layer (R908.3, Exception). Chapter 150 of the Marshall Code of Ordinances, the city's building and trade permits page and its residential building permit application were read for a local rule and state nothing further on ice barrier. About ice & water barrier
Impact-resistant roofing
Not required — No impact-resistance requirement under state law. The 2015 Michigan Residential Code was searched in full and has no hail or impact rating rule for roof coverings: the words hail, impact and UL 2218 do not appear in it, and none of them appears in the roof assemblies chapter of the base 2015 International Residential Code either. Michigan applies one code statewide ("This act and the code apply throughout the state."), and the act gives the power to amend it to the state director, who adopts the model codes "with amendments, additions, or deletions as the director determines appropriate." Chapter 150 of the Marshall Code of Ordinances, the city's building and trade permits page and its residential building permit application were read for a local rule and state nothing further on impact resistance.
Repair permit threshold
No size or cost threshold is published. The City of Marshall's Residential Building Permit Application (revised July 2025) lists "Roof" as a type of job, beside Repair/Replace and Alteration, and its fee section has a flat fee line, "Residential Roofing $120 per application", beside a $100.00 non-refundable administrative fee; it states no point below which roof work needs no permit. Under state law, "A building permit is not required for ordinary repairs of a building or structure." (MCL 125.1510), without a definition of ordinary repairs. For a small roof repair, ask the building department at 269-781-3985 before starting.
Roof layer limit / recover
Two layers at most, under state law. Michigan builds one- and two-family homes to the 2015 Michigan Residential Code, which adopts the 2015 International Residential Code and makes no amendment to its reroofing section, Section R908; the Michigan rule set was searched in full and R908 does not appear in it. The base section therefore applies as the International Code Council publishes it. Section R908.3.1.1 lists the conditions under which a new roof may not be laid over an existing one, and the third is "Where the existing roof has two or more applications of any type of roof covering." One existing layer may be covered once; a roof that already carries two layers is torn off to the deck. The same section also bars covering a roof that is water soaked or too deteriorated to serve as a base, and covering "slate, clay, cement or asbestos-cement tile." Locally, the city's own building ordinance, Chapter 150 of the City of Marshall Code of Ordinances (Building Regulations; Construction), codified through Ordinance 2026-5, was read: it assumes enforcement of the state construction code act, creates a construction board of appeals, sets permit fees by council resolution, requires state-licensed contractors to register, adopts the International Property Maintenance Code of 2015 and the housing law's dangerous building provisions, and regulates building moves and demolition; with the enforcement sections of Chapter 154 (flood prevention), it has no reroofing provision and amends nothing in Section R908. The city's building permit page and residential building permit application state no layer rule.
Deck & sheathing requirements
State law, from the base code. Michigan makes no amendment to the roof sheathing section of the 2015 International Residential Code, Section R803, which does not appear in the Michigan rule set, so it applies as published. Lumber roof sheathing follows Table R803.1: over rafters or beams 24 inches apart it must be at least 5/8 inch net thick. Wood structural panels must be identified "for grade, bond classification and performance category by a grade mark or certificate of inspection issued by an approved agency," and their spans may not exceed "the values set forth in Table R503.2.1.1(1), or APA E30." For a shingle roof the base code adds that "Asphalt shingles shall be fastened to solidly sheathed decks" (R905.2.1), and on any reroof "The structural roof components shall be capable of supporting the roof covering system" (R908.2). Chapter 150 of the Marshall Code of Ordinances, the city's building and trade permits page and its residential building permit application were read for a local rule and state nothing further on roof sheathing.
Sales & use tax
6%, statewide, with no local add-on. This is state law: the General Sales Tax Act sets the tax "equal to 6% of the gross proceeds of the business," the Use Tax Act sets "a total combined rate equal to 6%," and the Michigan Department of Treasury says "Michigan does not allow city or local units to impose sales tax." On a roofing job the roofer is the taxpayer on materials, because the Use Tax Act counts as a consumer "A person acquiring tangible personal property if engaged in the business of constructing, altering, repairing, or improving the real estate of others." Nothing in Chapter 150 of the Marshall Code of Ordinances or on the city's building and trade permits page changes this.

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The City of Marshall's Department of Building Safety, at City Hall, 323 West Michigan Avenue, enforces the Michigan building codes for construction and alteration projects in the city, with a full time building official and inspector and contracted inspectors for the plumbing, mechanical and electrical trades. Section 150.01 of the city's Code of Ordinances provides that the city assumes responsibility for administering and enforcing the state construction code act, and the State of Michigan's jurisdiction list names the City of Marshall as its own building code enforcer. Michigan's single state construction code applies, and for houses that is the 2015 Michigan Residential Code.

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Roofing questions: Marshall, MI

Do you need a permit to replace a roof in Marshall, MI?

Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Marshall, MI. No size or cost threshold is published. The City of Marshall's Residential Building Permit Application (revised July 2025) lists "Roof" as a type of job, beside Repair/Replace and Alteration, and its fee section has a flat fee line, "Residential Roofing $120 per application", beside a $100.00 non-refundable administrative fee; it states no point below which roof work needs no permit. Under state law, "A building permit is not required for ordinary repairs of a building or structure." (MCL 125.1510), without a definition of ordinary repairs. For a small roof repair, ask the building department at 269-781-3985 before starting.

Is ice & water shield required in Marshall, MI?

Yes. Required everywhere in Michigan by state law. Michigan fills in the climatic design table of the 2015 code once for the whole state (Rule 516, Table R301.2(1)), and its ice barrier underlayment column reads Yes. The state footnote calls for Yes "for areas where the average daily temperature in January is 25 degrees Fahrenheit" or less, or where ice damming has caused damage. The base code then requires an ice barrier "for asphalt shingles, metal roof shingles, mineral-surfaced roll roofing, slate and slate-type shingles, wood shingles and wood shakes," running "from the lowest edges of all roof surfaces to a point not less than 24 inches (610 mm) inside the exterior wall line of the building" (R905.1.2). Detached accessory structures without conditioned floor area are exempt. On a tear-off, an existing ice barrier that is adhered to the deck may stay and be covered with an additional layer (R908.3, Exception). Chapter 150 of the Marshall Code of Ordinances, the city's building and trade permits page and its residential building permit application were read for a local rule and state nothing further on ice barrier.

Is drip edge required in Marshall, MI?

Yes. Required on asphalt shingle roofs by state law. Michigan makes no amendment to the drip edge rule of the 2015 International Residential Code, Section R905.2.8.5, which applies as published: "A drip edge shall be provided at eaves and rake edges of shingle roofs." Segments overlap by at least 2 inches, the drip edge extends at least 1/4 inch below the roof sheathing and at least 2 inches back onto the deck, it is fastened at no more than 12 inches on center, and underlayment goes over it at the eaves and under it at the rakes. A reroof is held to the same rule, because "Materials and methods of application used for re-covering or replacing an existing roof covering shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 9" (R908.1). Chapter 150 of the Marshall Code of Ordinances, the city's building and trade permits page and its residential building permit application were read for a local rule and state nothing further on drip edge.

Can you roof over an existing roof in Marshall, MI?

Two layers at most, under state law. Michigan builds one- and two-family homes to the 2015 Michigan Residential Code, which adopts the 2015 International Residential Code and makes no amendment to its reroofing section, Section R908; the Michigan rule set was searched in full and R908 does not appear in it. The base section therefore applies as the International Code Council publishes it. Section R908.3.1.1 lists the conditions under which a new roof may not be laid over an existing one, and the third is "Where the existing roof has two or more applications of any type of roof covering." One existing layer may be covered once; a roof that already carries two layers is torn off to the deck. The same section also bars covering a roof that is water soaked or too deteriorated to serve as a base, and covering "slate, clay, cement or asbestos-cement tile." Locally, the city's own building ordinance, Chapter 150 of the City of Marshall Code of Ordinances (Building Regulations; Construction), codified through Ordinance 2026-5, was read: it assumes enforcement of the state construction code act, creates a construction board of appeals, sets permit fees by council resolution, requires state-licensed contractors to register, adopts the International Property Maintenance Code of 2015 and the housing law's dangerous building provisions, and regulates building moves and demolition; with the enforcement sections of Chapter 154 (flood prevention), it has no reroofing provision and amends nothing in Section R908. The city's building permit page and residential building permit application state no layer rule.

Do roofing contractors need a license or registration in Marshall, MI?

Yes.

What building code does Marshall, MI use?

2015 Michigan Residential Code. This is state law and it is the same in every Michigan city, village, township and county: the state construction code act says "This act and the code apply throughout the state," and the Michigan Residential Code rule adopts "the international residential code, 2015 edition" with the state amendments in R 408.30500 to R 408.30547g. A 2021 edition was filed with the secretary of state in 2025 but has not taken effect. On July 7, 2025 the Michigan Court of Claims entered a stipulated order in Home Builders Assoc et al. v LARA et al., and the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) says that while that order remains in place "the 2015 versions of the IRC and residential provisions of the IECC standards currently adopted, in part, by each rule set will remain valid and in effect." The State of Michigan's Statewide Jurisdiction List names the City of Marshall as its own building code enforcer. Section 154.03 of the city's Code of Ordinances provides that the "Michigan Building Code, and Appendix G of the Michigan Building Code shall be enforced by the enforcing agency within the City of Marshall" and Section 150.01 assumes enforcement of the state act; neither names a residential code edition, and the city's permit application names none. Section 150.85 adopts the International Property Maintenance Code of 2015, which is a property maintenance code.