Town of Lanark

Portage County, Wisconsin

Last verified September 17, 2026

Town of Lanark is a jurisdiction in Portage 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
715-256-9801
Email
clerk@tn.lanark.wi.gov
Department Site
Town Clerk's Office (opens in a new tab)

Source: tn.lanark.wi.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

Kim Beaudoin, Town Clerk
Town of Lanark
7174 County Road TT
Amherst, WI 54406

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

Additional Notes

Confirmed via the town's own official site (tn.lanark.wi.gov), fetched directly: Clerk Kim Beaudoin, 715-256-9801, clerk@tn.lanark.wi.gov, Amherst, WI 54406 (Town Hall: 7174 County Road TT, Amherst, WI 54406). Building Inspector per the town's own Town Officers page: David Wright, General Engineering Company, cell 608-617-9253, dwright@generalengineering.net, 916 Silver Lake Drive / PO Box 340, Portage, WI 53901. NOTE: the WI DSPS UDC delegation list (entry #759) instead names 'Cheryl Leatherman, Clerk' at 715-256-8901 and inspector 'John Siebert' at General Engineering (608-742-2169, gec@generalengineering.net) — both a different clerk name and a one-digit-different phone number than the town's own current site. The town's own official site is treated as more current/authoritative; the DSPS list may reflect an earlier personnel roster.

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 Lanark'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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