Town of Linwood

Portage County, Wisconsin

Last verified September 17, 2026

Town of Linwood is a jurisdiction in Portage 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: (715) 297-6600
Department Site: UDC Building Inspector for Carson/Dewey/Eau Pleine/Linwood/New Hope (Portage County referral) (opens in a new tab)

Source: co.portage.wi.gov (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

Bob Christensen, Building Inspector
(serves Towns of Carson, Dewey, Eau Pleine, Linwood, New Hope)

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

Additional Notes

Town of Linwood does NOT appear on the DSPS delegated-municipality list, and Portage County is not itself a DSPS-delegated county, so there is no single dedicated town building department; per Portage County's Land Development contact sheet (co.portage.wi.gov/DocumentCenter/View/2603, updated Mar 2023), UDC building permits for the Town of Linwood (grouped with Carson, Dewey, Eau Pleine, and New Hope) are handled by Building Inspector Bob Christensen, (715) 297-6600 -- no email found for him, hedge. Zoning permits go through Portage County Planning & Zoning, (715) 346-1334, planningandzoning@co.portage.wi.gov, 1462 Strongs Avenue 3rd Floor, Stevens Point, WI 54481. Commercial building permits for this town go through State Commercial Building Inspector Jon Molledahl, jon.molledahl@wisconsin.gov, (608) 225-6520. Town Hall itself: (715) 341-8898 / Clerk (715) 345-9516, townoflinwood@gmail.com, 3160 Mill Creek Drive, Stevens Point, WI 54481 -- the town's own site does not publish permit-specific contact info.

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 Linwood'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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