Village of Butler
Montgomery County, Illinois
Last verified September 17, 2026
Village of Butler is a jurisdiction in Montgomery 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
- 217-532-5897
- villageofbutler@gmail.com
Permit Search
No online permit database on file — contact the department directly by phone or email.
Certificate Holder Mailing Address
Village of Butler623 Water St., P.O. Box 216
Butler, IL 62015
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
The village's own domain (villageofbutler.com) is defunct (returns 404 / certificate mismatch), so this contact info was instead sourced from Montgomery County's official 'Municipality Contact Information' directory PDF hosted on montgomerycountyil.gov -- an official government source. No dedicated building/zoning department was identified for this village of ~164 residents; Montgomery County has confirmed it has no zoning ordinance for rural/unincorporated areas, and no county building-permit authority over incorporated villages like Butler was confirmed. Village Clerk is Kendra R. Lane.
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 Butler'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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