City of Coffeen

Montgomery County, Illinois

Last verified September 17, 2026

City of Coffeen is a jurisdiction in Montgomery County, Illinois, 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
534-2216
Email
coffeen1@frontiernet.net
Department Site
City Hall (City of Coffeen) -- general municipal contact (opens in a new tab)

Source: montgomerycountyil.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

City of Coffeen
107 Locust St., P.O. Box 496
Coffeen, IL 62017

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

Additional Notes

No standalone City of Coffeen website exists. Sourced from an official Montgomery County government document (montgomerycountyil.gov), a county-published municipal contact directory (revised 4/19/2023) listing City Hall phone 534-2216 (fax 534-6501) and email coffeen1@frontiernet.net; area code not printed for this entry but is 217 by the document's uniform convention for Montgomery County municipalities, consistent with Mayor Bob Wessell's separately-listed cell number format. No dedicated building/zoning/permit department was identified for Coffeen at either the city or county level -- Montgomery County's official site (montgomerycountyil.gov) lists no building/zoning/planning department among its departments. For unincorporated county properties, Montgomery County requires a 'Structural Improvement Permit' notice filed with the Supervisor of Assessments office (217-532-9595), but this is an assessment-notice requirement, not a building code permit, and its applicability to incorporated Coffeen specifically 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 — City of Coffeen'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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