Town of Paris
Grant County, Wisconsin
Last verified September 17, 2026
Town of Paris is a jurisdiction in Grant 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.
Contact
- Phone
- 608-568-3181
Permit Search
No online permit database on file — contact the department directly by phone or email.
Additional Notes
One of TWO unrelated Towns of Paris in Wisconsin (the other in Kenosha County) -- researched independently per project instructions; general web searches for 'Paris WI' also surface irrelevant Paris, TX/France results which were discarded. Per WI DSPS's current UDC-delegated-authority list (line 988, DOA code 22046, pdfplumber-parsed), the town is marked 'Delegated' but both the municipal-contact and certified-inspector fields are blank -- no name published there. Per the U.S. Vote Foundation's Wisconsin municipal-clerk election-office directory, the Municipal Clerk is Jill Langmeier, reachable at (608) 568-3181, mailing address 4006 Indian Creek Rd, Potosi, WI 53820 (email shown Cloudflare-obfuscated on that page and could not be extracted). HEDGE: no dedicated town website was found, and this clerk contact is sourced from an election-office directory rather than the town or DSPS directly -- recommend phone verification before relying on it for permit intake. Grant County's Conservation, Sanitation & Zoning Dept (150 W Alona Ln Suite #1, Lancaster, WI, 608-723-6080) is listed only as a general county zoning resource; its specific role in issuing this town's UDC dwelling permits is unconfirmed.
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 Paris'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.
More in Grant County
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- City of Cuba City
- Village of Dickeyville
- Town of Ellenboro
- City of Fennimore
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- Town of Glen Haven
- Town of Harrison
- Village of Hazel Green
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- Town of Jamestown
- City of Lancaster
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- Town of Lima
- Town of Little Grant
- Village of Livingston
- Town of Marion
- Town of Millville
- Village of Montfort
- Village of Mount Hope
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