Town of Richland

Rusk County, Wisconsin

Last verified September 17, 2026

Town of Richland is a jurisdiction in Rusk 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: (507) 272-8578
Email: richland.townclerk@yahoo.com
Department Site: Town of Richland (Township of Richland) Clerk's Office (opens in a new tab)

Source: ruskcounty.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

Allison Grubba, Town Clerk
Township of Richland
W2787 Lessard Rd.
Glen Flora, WI 54526

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

Additional Notes

Contact info confirmed via Rusk County's own official government website (ruskcounty.org township directory page), a primary county-government source; no dedicated Town of Richland website was found. Town Hall (polling/meeting location): 4500 Dahl St., Ingram, WI 54526. Town Chairman: Dale McKittrick, (715) 403-0536, N6577 Cty Rd Q, Glen Flora, WI 54526. Clerk's phone (507 area code) is unusual for Wisconsin (507 is a Minnesota area code) but is exactly as published on the county's own directory page -- flagged as a hedge, not altered. No dedicated building-permit department or named UDC inspector could be confirmed specifically for this town; the Wisconsin DSPS delegated-authority list (dsps.wi.gov, Aug 19, 2026, row 1067, DOA 54028) confirms Town of Richland, Rusk County as independently Delegated for UDC, but the PDF itself lists no named contact/inspector for this row (a page-break artifact in the source document, where the following line's contact text belongs to the next row, Town of Richmond, Shawano County, not this one). Recommend calling the Clerk directly to identify the currently contracted UDC inspector. IMPORTANT: unrelated to the different Town of Richland in Richland County also in this dataset (where the town name matches the county name) -- verify separately, do not confuse.

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 Richland'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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