Village of Somers
Kenosha County, Wisconsin
Last verified September 17, 2026
Village of Somers is a jurisdiction in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, with an online portal for searching and pulling active or historical building permits. 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
Permit Search
Certificate Holder Mailing Address
Scott Seymour, Building InspectorVillage & Town of Somers Building Inspection Dept.
7511 - 12th Street, Kenosha, WI 53144
Mailing: PO Box 197, Somers, WI 53171
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
The Village and Town of Somers share one Building Inspection Department/website (somerswi.gov; an older somers.org domain also surfaces in search and may be legacy). Building Inspector is Scott Seymour. The DSPS 2025 'Municipalities with Delegated Authority for the UDC' PDF (parsed with pdfplumber) lists only 'Town of Somers, Kenosha County' (line 341, DOA code 30014) by that exact name -- Village of Somers was not found as its own line item in that document, even though the shared department's own site presents itself as serving both Village and Town. Treat Village-specific delegated-authority status as an unconfirmed hedge rather than a fully separate verified record.
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 Somers'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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