Town of Tainter

Dunn County, Wisconsin

Last verified September 17, 2026

Town of Tainter is a jurisdiction in Dunn 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: 715-235-3165
Email: tainter@tainter.wi.gov
Department Site: Town of Tainter (building inspection historically contracted to Steinmeyer Inspections) (opens in a new tab)

Source: townoftainter.org (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

Steinmeyer Inspections (Justin Steinmeyer) — unconfirmed as current since a 2025 town resolution on this topic could not be read
6527 35th Street
Elk Mound, WI 54739
Phone: 715-556-0066 / Email: SteinmeyerInspectionsLLC@gmail.com

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

Additional Notes

Town Hall: N8150 County Road D (also cited as County Highway DG), Colfax, WI 54730. The town's own Building Inspector page states building inspection services have been provided by Steinmeyer Inspections 'as of January 1, 2012'; a secondary business listing (not the town's own page) gives Justin Steinmeyer, (715) 556-0066, SteinmeyerInspectionsLLC@gmail.com, 6527 35th Street, Elk Mound, WI 54739. IMPORTANT HEDGE: the town separately posted a document titled 'Resolution 2025-06 - Building Inspector' (filed ~Oct 2025), suggesting the inspector assignment may have been updated since 2012; that document is a scanned/image PDF that could not be text-extracted during this research, so the current inspector could differ from Steinmeyer Inspections. Confirm directly with the Town Hall (715-235-3165 / tainter@tainter.wi.gov) before relying on the certHolder fields below. WI DSPS delegated list shows Town of Tainter (Dunn County) as 'Delegated' but the excerpt reviewed had no named contact.

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 Tainter'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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