Village of Mount Hope

Grant County, Wisconsin

Last verified September 17, 2026

Village of Mount Hope is a jurisdiction in Grant 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: 608-988-6969
Email: keeney97@tds.net

Permit Search

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

Certificate Holder Mailing Address

Cindy French, Village President
608-988-4778 / frencind@gmail.com
Robert Keeney, Clerk/Treasurer — 608-988-6969 / keeney97@tds.net
PO Box 65, Mount Hope, WI 53816

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

Additional Notes

No official village website was found (only a Facebook page); not on DSPS's UDC-delegation PDF, so no dedicated municipal building inspector was identified — this very small village (population ~211) likely relies on a self-arranged, state-certified inspector per project, but which one could not be confirmed; treat the phone/email below as a general village contact, not a confirmed building-permit line. Contact info is sourced from Grant County's own official 2026-2028 County Directory PDF (co.grant.wi.gov), a primary government source, not a village website. Village President: Cindy French (608-988-4778, frencind@gmail.com); Clerk/Treasurer: Robert Keeney (608-988-6969, keeney97@tds.net); mail: PO Box 65, Mount Hope, WI 53816. Caution: this is one of three distinct Grant County 'Mount'-named governments in this batch (with Town of Mount Hope and Town of Mount Ida), and is unrelated to Mount Hope governments in NY, WV, or Ontario that also surface in search results for this name.

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 — Village of Mount Hope'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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