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Roofing in Tompkins Township, Michigan

Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Tompkins Township, MI, issued by Tompkins Township - Building Permits. In Tompkins Township a new roof is a priced building permit item: the Permit Fee Schedule, adopted December 4th 2025, lists a "New roof" row with "Building (Steel)" at $105 and "Building (asphalt)" at $185, and says "Inspections are $80 Per inspection" and "All Permits expire after one year of date of issue". The Contacts page says "For Building Permits contact Township Office 517-569-2463 or 517-420-1056", and the Forms and Fees page says "Please mail applications to the attention of the Building Official at Tompkins Township, 9999 Tompkins Rd. Rives Junction, MI 49277." The Building Permit Application and Plan Examination form is headed with the Permit Clerk of Tompkins Township and asks for a builder license number for the contractor. The township posts no online permit portal. Any project not listed is priced by calling the township. This hub aggregates roofing permit and contractor-registration requirements for Tompkins Township, Michigan, along with sourced roofing material references — every fact linked to its directory record.

Roofing permits & building code in Tompkins Township

Roofing permit and contractor-licensing rules in Tompkins Township are set locally by Tompkins Township - Building Permits. 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 Tompkins as its own building code enforcer. The township's Dangerous Building Ordinance (Ordinance No. 2016-01) defines the "Township Building Code" as "the building code administered and enforced in the township pursuant to the State Construction Code Commission Act" and names no edition, and the Permit Fee Schedule, the permit application and the township's other posted ordinances name no edition either.
Permit process
In Tompkins Township a new roof is a priced building permit item: the Permit Fee Schedule, adopted December 4th 2025, lists a "New roof" row with "Building (Steel)" at $105 and "Building (asphalt)" at $185, and says "Inspections are $80 Per inspection" and "All Permits expire after one year of date of issue". The Contacts page says "For Building Permits contact Township Office 517-569-2463 or 517-420-1056", and the Forms and Fees page says "Please mail applications to the attention of the Building Official at Tompkins Township, 9999 Tompkins Rd. Rives Junction, MI 49277." The Building Permit Application and Plan Examination form is headed with the Permit Clerk of Tompkins Township and asks for a builder license number for the contractor. The township posts no online permit portal. Any project not listed is priced by calling the township.

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Roofing materials for Tompkins Township

Compare roofing material families — service life, weight, cost band, and durability — for a Tompkins Township reroof. Every material entry in the directory carries a cited, dated source.

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Local permitting authority

Tompkins Township - Building Permitscity

Roofing guides

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