Town of Utica

Crawford County, Wisconsin

Last verified September 18, 2026

Town of Utica is a jurisdiction in Crawford County, Wisconsin, which does not currently list an online permit database — contact the department directly by phone or email. Use the contact information below to reach the local building department, or the mailing address if the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.

Contact

Phone: 608-606-3336
Email: petentanyap@yahoo.com
Department Site: Town Clerk Tanya Peterson (opens in a new tab)

Source: tn.utica.wi.gov (opens in a new tab)

Permit Search

No online permit database on file — contact the department directly by phone or email.

Certificate Holder Mailing Address

Tanya Peterson, Clerk
Town of Utica
15600 Freeman Road (Town Hall) / 16436 Orchard View Road (mailing)
Gays Mills, WI 54631

Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.

Additional Notes

CRAWFORD County Town of Utica — verified independently via the town's own official website (tn.utica.wi.gov) and cross-checked against a Crawford County directory PDF. IMPORTANT DISAMBIGUATION CAUGHT DURING RESEARCH: this town is easily confused with the separate, unrelated Town of Utica in Winnebago County (see other entry) because both share the name 'Town of Utica.' A search phrased for Crawford County initially surfaced a 'Building-Permit-Fees...pdf' hosted on townofuticawi.gov, which self-identifies as the WINNEBAGO County town's own site — that data belongs to Winnebago, not Crawford, and was excluded here. No dedicated building inspector is listed on Crawford's own site; a low-confidence secondary search suggested a 'Marty Johnson' with an incomplete phone number, but this could not be confirmed on any official source and was deliberately omitted rather than risk a fabricated or cross-contaminated entry. Town Hall: 15600 Freeman Road, Gays Mills, WI.

What You Need Before Applying for a Permit

Most building departments ask for the same core package before they'll issue a permit: a completed application naming the property owner and contractor, the contractor's state license number and proof of insurance (general liability, and workers' comp if employees are on the job), a notice of commencement or equivalent recorded filing for larger jobs where the state requires one, and scaled plans or a site plan for anything beyond minor repairs. Roofing, fence, pool, and solar permits typically have their own simplified checklists — Town of Utica's department (above) can confirm exactly what applies to your project.

Why this matters for insurance: permit history is one of the first things an underwriter or adjuster checks. Unpermitted work — a finished basement, an added bedroom, a rebuilt roof — can complicate a claim or even void coverage for that portion of the loss, and it routinely surfaces during a home inspection. Pulling the right permit up front, and keeping the closed-permit record on file, protects both the property's value and its insurability at resale.

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