Village of Bath
Mason County, Illinois
Last verified September 17, 2026
Village of Bath is a jurisdiction in Mason 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
- Phone
- 309-543-3759
- Department Site
- Mason County Zoning / Code Enforcement Officer (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
Mason County Courthouse - Zoning/Code Enforcement125 N. Plum Street
Havana, IL 62644
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
No official Village of Bath website was found and no village-level building department could be confirmed for this small village (population under 300). Confirmed on the county's official site (masoncountyil.gov) that Code Enforcement Officer Jen Dye handles zoning matters countywide; phone requires selecting option 9. This is Bath, IL in Mason County (309/217 area, central Illinois), confirmed distinct from Bath, ME — no Illinois-vs-Maine ambiguity found in the sources reviewed. Village-level confirmation that Mason County zoning specifically covers incorporated Bath (rather than only unincorporated county land) was not found on the fetched page, so this should be treated as the best available lead rather than a certainty.
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 Bath'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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