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Roofing in Durand, Michigan

Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Durand, MI, issued by City of Durand - Building & Trades Department. The City of Durand Building and Trades Department publishes nothing specific to roof work: its Building and Zoning page, its Building Permit Application and its 2023-2024 fee schedule name no roofing line, no reroof exemption and no size or cost point. With the department silent on reroofs, the state's general permit rule applies: "before construction of a building or structure, the owner, or the owner's builder, architect, engineer, or agent, shall submit an application in writing to the appropriate enforcing agency for a building permit." The same section says "A building permit is not required for ordinary repairs of a building or structure," without defining ordinary repairs, and the department has published nothing applying that relief to roof work. The application says "Building work shall not be started until the permit has been issued by the City of Durand Building & Trades Dept", and the page asks that permit applications be emailed to the department. Its fee schedule sets the building permit from the construction value: "up to $1,000 is $65.00" and "each add'l $1000 is +$7.00", based on the International Code Council Square Foot Construction Cost Table, and the application shows an "Administration Fee: $65.00"; the schedule is headed 2023-2024 and the city's Forms and Permits page says "NEW FEE SCHEDULE FOR PERMITS -NEW APPLICATIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON", so confirm the current fee with the department. The application's office section has a "Contractor Registration" line marked Required, Received or Not Required, and asks for the contractor's "STATE OF MICHIGAN LICENSE NUMBER". On inspections the application says "Schedule permitting, the inspector will respond to an inspection request within two (2) business days to schedule the inspection", and a permit "shall become invalid if the authorized work is not commenced within 180 days after issuance of the permit". The Building Department's office hours on the page are Monday and Wednesday from 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM, at City Hall, 215 W Clinton St, Durand, MI 48429; call (989) 288-3113, extension 104, or the inspection line at 989.288.3113. This hub aggregates roofing permit and contractor-registration requirements for Durand, Michigan, along with sourced roofing material references — every fact linked to its directory record.

Roofing permits & building code in Durand

Roofing permit and contractor-licensing rules in Durand are set locally by City of Durand - Building & Trades Department. Michigan licenses residential roofers at the state level — the Occupational Code’s residential maintenance and alteration contractor licence names roofing among its trades, with exemptions that include a job whose whole contract price is under $600 — and some cities add a local contractor registration on top, while the Michigan Residential Code applies throughout the state, so a city, village, township or county enforces the state code rather than writing its own roofing rules — always confirm the current requirements with the authority before starting work.

Roofing permit
Required
Contractor registration
Required
Adopted building 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." LARA's Statewide Jurisdiction List names the City of Durand in Shiawassee County as its own building code enforcer. Locally, Section 78-4 of the city's Code of Ordinances designates the city's building inspector as the enforcing agency under the state construction code act and names no edition, and the Article of Chapter 14 headed "Building, Electrical and Plumbing Codes" (Sections 14-31 to 14-60) is reserved. The Building Permit Application says "All installations shall be in compliance with the Michigan Building Codes" and sorts residential work under "Buildings Regulated by the Michigan Residential Code" without naming an edition. The city has also adopted an International Property Maintenance Code by ordinance, which is a maintenance code and not a dwelling construction code. None of these names an older residential code edition, so this record states the 2015 Michigan Residential Code for the reasons above.
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: The City of Durand's Building Permit Application has an office-use line headed "Contractor Registration" marked Required, Received or Not Required, and asks for the contractor's "STATE OF MICHIGAN LICENSE NUMBER". The city pages read do not publish a registration form, fee or rule saying who must register.
Permit process
The City of Durand Building and Trades Department publishes nothing specific to roof work: its Building and Zoning page, its Building Permit Application and its 2023-2024 fee schedule name no roofing line, no reroof exemption and no size or cost point. With the department silent on reroofs, the state's general permit rule applies: "before construction of a building or structure, the owner, or the owner's builder, architect, engineer, or agent, shall submit an application in writing to the appropriate enforcing agency for a building permit." The same section says "A building permit is not required for ordinary repairs of a building or structure," without defining ordinary repairs, and the department has published nothing applying that relief to roof work. The application says "Building work shall not be started until the permit has been issued by the City of Durand Building & Trades Dept", and the page asks that permit applications be emailed to the department. Its fee schedule sets the building permit from the construction value: "up to $1,000 is $65.00" and "each add'l $1000 is +$7.00", based on the International Code Council Square Foot Construction Cost Table, and the application shows an "Administration Fee: $65.00"; the schedule is headed 2023-2024 and the city's Forms and Permits page says "NEW FEE SCHEDULE FOR PERMITS -NEW APPLICATIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON", so confirm the current fee with the department. The application's office section has a "Contractor Registration" line marked Required, Received or Not Required, and asks for the contractor's "STATE OF MICHIGAN LICENSE NUMBER". On inspections the application says "Schedule permitting, the inspector will respond to an inspection request within two (2) business days to schedule the inspection", and a permit "shall become invalid if the authorized work is not commenced within 180 days after issuance of the permit". The Building Department's office hours on the page are Monday and Wednesday from 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM, at City Hall, 215 W Clinton St, Durand, MI 48429; call (989) 288-3113, extension 104, or the inspection line at 989.288.3113.

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