Town of Rhinebeck

Dutchess County, New York

Last verified September 17, 2026

Town of Rhinebeck is a jurisdiction in Dutchess County, New York, 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: 845-876-6296
Department Site: Building Department (Town of Rhinebeck) (opens in a new tab)

Source: rhinebeckny.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

Ed Matuk, Building Inspector
Town of Rhinebeck Building Department
80 East Market Street
Rhinebeck, NY 12572

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

Additional Notes

Building Inspector is Ed Matuk; Fire Inspector Bob DeLuca; Secretary Kimberly Diehl. Fax 845-876-5885. An email address is listed on the town site but was rendered as an obfuscated/unreadable string during automated fetch and could not be confirmed with confidence, so it is left null here. No online permit portal found; applications available as downloadable PDFs. This is the TOWN government, distinct from the separately-governed Village of Rhinebeck within it.

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 Rhinebeck'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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