Village of Kilbourne
Mason County, Illinois
Last verified September 17, 2026
Village of Kilbourne is a jurisdiction in Mason County, Illinois, 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
- 309-543-3759
- Department Site
- Mason County Zoning Department (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
Mason County Zoning DepartmentCounty Courthouse, 125 N Plum St
Havana, IL 62644
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 of Kilbourne website could be found (village is very small; only a PO Box / township hall address turns up in third-party listings). Mason County's official Zoning page (masoncountyil.gov/zoning) lists a Code Enforcement Officer (Jen Dye), phone 309-543-3759 option 9, at the County Courthouse. It is common for tiny downstate villages without their own ordinance to rely on county zoning/building authority, but no official source explicitly states that Kilbourne itself has delegated permitting to the county — this is a reasonable inference given the absence of any village building department, not a confirmed fact. Email for the county zoning office was not found on the official page.
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 Kilbourne'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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