Town of Hawkins
Rusk County, Wisconsin
Last verified September 17, 2026
Town of Hawkins is a jurisdiction in Rusk 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
- 715-585-6366
- chaskagirl@outlook.com
- Department Site
- Town Clerk - Shirley Severson (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
Shirley Severson, Town ClerkTown of Hawkins
N5529 Morgan Creek Rd, Hawkins, WI 54530
715-585-6366 | chaskagirl@outlook.com
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
No named UDC building inspector could be confirmed; DSPS UDC Delegated Municipalities registry confirms Delegated status (DOA 54018), but both the Municipality Contact and Inspector fields are blank. Contact info here is for the elected Town Clerk, listed on Rusk County's own official township directory page, as the town's general point of contact - she is not confirmed to be the UDC/building inspector specifically. Town Chairman David Curtis: 715-567-1090, hawkinsgr@outlook.com. IMPORTANT DISAMBIGUATION: this is a distinct government from the Village of Hawkins (also Rusk County) above - do not conflate. Rusk County Zoning Dept (Yvonne Johnson, 715-532-2156) handles county land-use/zoning permits.
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 Hawkins'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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