Town of Hawthorne
Douglas County, Wisconsin
Last verified September 17, 2026
Town of Hawthorne is a jurisdiction in Douglas 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
- 218-393-6482
- Department Site
- UDC Inspector - Rob Lietha (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
Rob Lietha, UDC InspectorTown of Hawthorne
7221 S Town Hall Road / PO Box 142, Hawthorne, WI 54842
Inspector: 218-393-6482 | Clerk (Debra Wermter): 715-374-3641, DEWermter68@yahoo.com
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
UDC Inspector Rob Lietha and his phone number are confirmed via Douglas County's official municipality directory page. The Wisconsin DSPS UDC Delegated Municipalities registry lists this town (DOA 16014) as 'Delegated' but its own Municipality Contact/Inspector fields are blank - cross-confirmed instead via the county site. No email address could be found for the inspector. Town Hall: 7221 S Town Hall Road / PO Box 142, Hawthorne, WI 54842, phone 715-374-3130. Town Clerk: Debra Wermter, 715-374-3641, DEWermter68@yahoo.com; Chair: Kent Paulsen, 715-374-2018. The town's own site redirects from townofhawthorne.org to townofhawthorne.wi.gov; a direct fetch of its forms-permits page returned a 404 at the time of research, so the Douglas County page was used as the primary source instead.
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 Hawthorne'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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