Village of Smithboro
Bond County, Illinois
Last verified September 17, 2026
Village of Smithboro is a jurisdiction in Bond 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
Permit Search
No online permit database on file — contact the department directly by phone or email.
Certificate Holder Mailing Address
Bond County Zoning Department206 W. Main
Greenville, IL 62246
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
No official Smithboro village website was found (population ~178); a phone number (618-664-2298) and address (202 S Main St) surfaced only via third-party directories (Yelp/citydirectory.us), not an official source, so they are omitted here. Bond County's official site (bondcountyil.gov) has a Zoning Department (Administrator Brad Criner, 618-237-9737, brad.criner@bondcountyil.gov) with adopted building codes (IBC/IRC 2021, NEC 2020, IFC 2021), which is the most likely permitting authority for small unincorporated-style villages in the county, but the county's own materials do not explicitly state whether its jurisdiction extends inside incorporated village limits — treat this as a probable, not confirmed, delegation. Phone/email listed are the county contact, not a village-specific line.
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 Smithboro'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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