Cheboygan County · Michigan
Michigan's Shoreline County, built to get things done.
County services for the 25,600 people who live where Lake Huron meets the Inland Waterway. Clear steps, plain words, and a direct office phone number where the County provides one.
What do you need to get done?
Press / to search from any page
- Pay property taxesTreasurer · summer and winter bills, online or by phone Go →
- Look up a parcel, value, or zoningCounty GIS · ownership, assessments, and maps Go →
- Apply for a building permitBuilding Safety · building, electrical, mechanical, plumbing Go →
- Get a birth, death, or marriage recordCounty Clerk · certified copies and licenses Go →
- Find a board agenda or minutesBoard of Commissioners · packets posted before every meeting Go →
- Reserve a marina slipCounty Marina · seasonal and transient, river mouth on Lake Huron Go →
Stoa built this working concept for the County's 2026 website redesign RFP. Everything here runs for real: the search service, the document finder, and the accessibility scoreboard. Buttons that would reach a County system point at the County's real current endpoints and say so. Document records are modeled on the County's published materials. This is not the official County site.
Underway now
Notices residents are checking
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Flood damage self-reporting is open
High water this spring damaged homes and shoreline. Report your property damage so the County can document impacts and connect you with repair guidance and permits.
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Flooding and erosion guidance for property owners
What to check before you repair, when a permit is required, and who to call about shoreline and erosion work.
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County seeks proposals for a new website
The County invited qualified firms to design, build, and support a modern, secure, accessible County website. This prototype is Stoa's response.
Next public meeting
Committee of the Whole
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
9:30 a.m. · Commissioners Room, County Building, 870 South Main St.
The Board meets the second Tuesday (Finance & Business) and fourth Tuesday (Committee of the Whole) of each month. Public comment is on every agenda.
Find your way
Where you are headed, marked plainly
County government, sorted by the moment you are in rather than by the org chart.
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Own property here
Taxes, assessments, the parcel viewer, deeds and land records, and the principal residence exemption.
Property & land → -
Build or repair something
Building, electrical, mechanical, and plumbing permits, zoning rules, and soil-erosion permits near the water.
Permits & zoning → -
Go to court, pay a ticket, serve on a jury
The 53rd Circuit, 89th District, and Probate courts, plus the Sheriff and Prosecutor.
Courts & law enforcement → -
Vote in 2026
Register, request an absentee ballot, and find your polling place before the August primary and November general.
Elections & voting → -
Served in the armed forces
County Veterans Service Officers help with VA claims, a certified DD‑214, and emergency relief.
Veterans services → -
Get on the water or the trails
Marina slips, boat launches, the 38‑mile Inland Waterway, and 290‑plus miles of trails, the most of any Michigan county.
Marina & recreation →
Your government
A direct line to every office
No phone trees and no runaround. Every department lists who answers, what they handle, and how to reach them.
- TreasurerTaxes, dog licenses, delinquent-tax help(231) 627-8821
- Clerk & Register of DeedsVital records, elections, land records(231) 627-8808
- Building SafetyPermits and inspections(231) 627-8813
- Planning & ZoningZoning, the Master Plan, land use(231) 627-8485
- Veterans ServicesVA claims and emergency relief(231) 627-8833
- Sheriff (non‑emergency)Records, patrol, corrections(231) 627-3155
The channel stays open
Home port of the icebreaker, gateway to the Inland Waterway
Cheboygan is where the Coast Guard icebreaker Mackinaw ties up and where a 38‑mile chain of lakes and rivers meets Lake Huron. The county that keeps a shipping channel open through a northern Michigan winter can keep its services open too. That is the standard this site is built to.
Built for every resident
Easy to read. Easy on a phone. Measured, not promised.
More than a quarter of Cheboygan County residents are 65 or older, and many reach the County from a phone on a lake road. This prototype is mobile‑first, written in plain language, and built to WCAG 2.1 AA, the federal accessibility standard.
We did not just claim it. On June 3 we ran the same automated audit a court would use against twelve of the most‑used pages on the current County site and against this prototype, and published both scores.