Digital permit application gateway
Start with the issuing authority’s own submission lane. A complete application package, accurate valuation, and accessible inspection path are the fastest route through statutory plan review.
Recommended first click
Use the official digital gateway to submit plans, monitor review comments, pay required charges, and request inspections when the permit is issued. If the link is unavailable, use the agency website or phone number on the administrative profile to confirm the current lane.
Typical review lane
N/A; the county publishes no general permit-review timeline.
Treat this as a planning signal, not a guaranteed approval date. Completeness, corrections, resubmittals, and agency workload control the actual clock.
Verify the parcel is inside this agency’s service area and note whether a city, state, fire marshal, septic authority, or utility district also has approval authority.
Prepare legible plans, site information, project valuation, ownership authorization, contractor information, and any energy, floodplain, zoning, or utility documentation the issuing office requires.
Keep the permit number, approved plan set, correction comments, fee receipts, and inspection results together. Those records establish the compliance trail for the next trade.
Application documents
Before submission, call 906-387-2727; cell 906-420-5525 if the project involves a change of occupancy, structural alteration, accessory structure, demolition, or work near a regulated environmental feature.
Source trail
Use these direct agency or licensing links to confirm current instructions before you file, pay, or schedule work. External pages control if their information differs from this directory.
Project questions
Alger County Building Codes is the identified county-level authority for this profile. Confirm that the property is in its service area before filing.
No verified online portal was located in the reviewed public materials. Contact 906-387-2727; cell 906-420-5525 and request the current application route before preparing a final submittal.
N/A; the county publishes no general permit-review timeline.
Do not start work or conceal installations before the permit and required inspections. The inspector's telephone number is provided on the permit; call with the job location, permit number and contact information, giving as much advance notice as possible. The county states that an inspection request is answered within two business days for scheduling and inspections are typically performed within five business days, subject to the schedule.
Current Michigan codes identified by the state LARA code-book page for 2026: 2021 Michigan Building Code (effective April 9, 2025); 2015 Michigan Residential Code (current code, effective February 8, 2016, with later 2021 residential rules held by court order); 2021 Michigan Rehabilitation Code (effective April 9, 2025); 2021 Michigan Mechanical Code and 2021 Michigan Plumbing Code (effective March 12, 2024); 2023 National Electrical Code/Michigan Electrical Code (effective March 12, 2024); and 2021 Michigan Commercial Energy Code (effective April 22, 2025). Michigan's official permit guidance exempts ordinary repairs only when they do not cut away walls or structural supports, alter required means of egress, or affect regulated plumbing, gas, electrical, mechanical, public-health or general-safety work. Alger County's application also notes that sealed plan documents are generally not required for one- and two-family dwellings under 3,500 square feet and public works under $15,000; this is a plan-submission exception, not a blanket permit exemption. The county says all commercial work requires a permit and advises confirming any small accessory structure or cosmetic project with the Building Codes Inspector.
What makes an application complete
Before you click submit, make sure the drawings agree with the site plan, project description, valuation, ownership authorization, and contractor information. If the work changes structure, occupancy, drainage, fire protection, energy performance, or utility demand, describe that scope plainly. Ambiguous narratives create correction cycles and delay the field schedule.
Save the confirmation number, payment receipt, uploaded plan set, and every correction comment. Those records are the backbone of a defensible compliance file when multiple trades or agencies share responsibility.
Submission quality check
Site: address, parcel, access, setbacks, and existing conditions are consistent.
Scope: structural, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, fire, and energy work is identified.
Closeout: inspection contacts and the final approval path are understood before work begins.