Department Functions

While this is not a complete listing of all functions of County Offices, the following table answers some of the more common "Where do I go to. . . ?" inquiries received in our offices.

 

What do you need?

Where to go first.

Absentee ballot

Adult Shoplifter Prevention Program, (ASPP)

Aerial maps/images

Apply for welfare/assistance

Bats
Bird Flu

Birth Certificate

Building and trades permits/inspections

Burning Permit

  • Local Fire Department

Business Registration (DBA) Applies only in Shiawassee County

Campgrounds

CCW Permit

Childhood Immunizations

Code Enforcement

County Job Applications

Death Certificate

Dog license (Before Mar. 1)

Dog License (Mar. 1 or later)

Driveway Permits

Drug Testing confirmation payments

Electronic Home Incarceration (EHI)

Evict a tenant

File a will

File for Divorce

Flood Plain determination and maps

FOIA Requests – All County Departments

Incorporate a business – DBA for an incorporated business

Marriage License – Application

Marriage License - Copies

Military Discharge (DD214)

Mobile Home Parks
Mold

Name Change

Notary Public Application

Passport/Passport Photo

Pay back property taxes

Pay current taxes

Personal Protective Orders

Point of Sale Questions
Public Swimming Pools

Recall Petition

Register to vote

Reserve a Pavilion at a County Park

Restaurant/Food Service license/inspection

Septic permit/inspection

Small Claims

Soil Erosion and Sedimentation applications and inspections

Traffic ticket – Pay or dispute

Victim Impact Panel (VIP)

Well permit/inspection

WIC Program

Zoning




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