Butler
Day County, South Dakota
Last verified September 16, 2026
Butler is a jurisdiction in Day County, South Dakota, 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.
Contact
Permit Search
No online permit database on file — contact the department directly by phone or email.
Additional Notes
No official municipal government website could be located for the Town of Butler (2020 census population 4). Day County's website (day.sdcounties.org) hosts a page listing Butler Township road-district supervisors and their personal phone numbers, but that is a separate civil-township body (handles roads, not building permits) and a county-hosted page rather than the municipality's own official site or a DANR water record, so per sourcing rules it was not used to populate contact fields. Leaving fields blank.
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 — 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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