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Roofing in Thetford Township, Michigan

Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Thetford Township, MI, issued by Township of Thetford - Building Department. Thetford Township's Fee Schedule, read October 11, 2026, lists "Roofing" as its own line under Miscellaneous Building Department Fees, priced "Based on value of construction + insp.", with inspections at $75.00, a re-inspection if work is not complete at $75.00 and work started before a permit is issued at double the fee. The Building page lists a building official and zoning administrator, a building inspector and a building assistant at (810) 686-5200 and says "Thetford Township contracts with VIENNA TOWNSHIP for Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing permit issuance and inspection services." Vienna Township's line is (810) 686-7676, at 3400 West Vienna Road in Clio. The township's Building Permit Application says "INCOMPLETE APPLICATION WILL NOT BE PROCESSED", says "SEPARATE APPLICATIONS MUST BE COMPLETED FOR PLUMBING, MECHANICAL, AND ELECTRICAL WORK PERMITS" and notes "All trades are pulled through Vienna Township". The township office is open Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The pages name no online permit portal. This hub aggregates roofing permit and contractor-registration requirements for Thetford Township, Michigan, along with sourced roofing material references — every fact linked to its directory record.

Roofing permits & building code in Thetford Township

Roofing permit and contractor-licensing rules in Thetford Township are set locally by Township of Thetford - Building 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 Township of Thetford as its own building code enforcer. The township's ordinance page lists, under "4.10 - Enforcement of Construction and Building Codes", Ordinance 2015-06-67 (adopted August 13, 1984), which designates the township's ordinance enforcement officer as the enforcing agency under 1972 PA 230, and Ordinance 2015-06-107, the township's Construction Code Ordinance (adopted January 14, 2002, effective February 1, 2002), which adopts the State Building Code by reference and defines it as the Michigan Building Code under Michigan Administrative Rules R408.30101 to R408.30499a. Ordinance 107 names no residential code edition and is dated before February 8, 2016; the rule text it points to was not read, and this record states the 2015 Michigan Residential Code for the reasons above. The ordinance page also lists Ordinance 2015-06-05, which adopts the 2012 edition of the International Property Maintenance Code, a property maintenance code and not a residential building code. The Building Department's page and permit application name no code edition.
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: Thetford Township's Building Permit Application asks the contractor for a builders license number and expiration date, a federal employer ID number or reason for exemption, a workers compensation carrier or reason for exemption and an MESC employer number or reason for exemption, and the Building page and the building ordinances listed on the ordinance page name no separate township contractor registration. This record does not decide whether a given roofer falls inside a state exemption.
Permit process
Thetford Township's Fee Schedule, read October 11, 2026, lists "Roofing" as its own line under Miscellaneous Building Department Fees, priced "Based on value of construction + insp.", with inspections at $75.00, a re-inspection if work is not complete at $75.00 and work started before a permit is issued at double the fee. The Building page lists a building official and zoning administrator, a building inspector and a building assistant at (810) 686-5200 and says "Thetford Township contracts with VIENNA TOWNSHIP for Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing permit issuance and inspection services." Vienna Township's line is (810) 686-7676, at 3400 West Vienna Road in Clio. The township's Building Permit Application says "INCOMPLETE APPLICATION WILL NOT BE PROCESSED", says "SEPARATE APPLICATIONS MUST BE COMPLETED FOR PLUMBING, MECHANICAL, AND ELECTRICAL WORK PERMITS" and notes "All trades are pulled through Vienna Township". The township office is open Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The pages name no online permit portal.

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