Village of Buckingham
Kankakee County, Illinois
Last verified September 17, 2026
Village of Buckingham is a jurisdiction in Kankakee County, Illinois, with an online portal for searching and pulling active or historical building permits. 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
- 815-936-5500
- Department Site
- Kankakee County Building Division (opens in a new tab)
Certificate Holder Mailing Address
Kankakee County Building Division189 E. Court Street
Kankakee, IL 60901
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 Buckingham website was found (only a Facebook page and a Kankakee County community-profile PDF listing Village Hall at 272 E. Second St.). Kankakee County's official Building Division page (k3county.net) gives the phone/address above; the email shown (administration@k3county.net) appeared to be a general county administration address rather than building-specific, so it is omitted here as unconfirmed for this department specifically. The SmartGov online permit portal (co-kankakee-il.smartgovcommunity.com) was identified via search result text referencing the county's own announcement but was not independently opened and verified page-by-page; it is included as a hedge. Coverage of small incorporated villages like Buckingham by the county Building Division (versus the village handling its own permits) was not explicitly confirmed.
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 Buckingham'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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- Village of Bonfield
- Village of Bourbonnais
- Village of Bradley
- Village of Chebanse
- Village of Essex
- Village of Grant Park
- Village of Herscher
- Village of Hopkins Park
- Village of Irwin
- City of Kankakee
- Village of Limestone
- Village of Manteno
- City of Momence
- Village of Sammons Point
- Village of St. Anne
- Village of Sun River Terrace