Town of Seneca

Wood County, Wisconsin

Last verified September 17, 2026

Town of Seneca is a jurisdiction in Wood 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: 715-451-0247
Email: clerk@townofsenecawoodcowi.gov
Department Site: Town Clerk's Office (opens in a new tab)

Source: townofsenecawoodcowi.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

Building Inspector (unnamed on town site): 715-347-7866
Probable match: Dan Hansen, Central Wisconsin Building Inspections (per county-wide DSPS pattern, unconfirmed for this town specifically)
Town Hall: 3540 County Road Q, Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495
Mailing: PO Box 94, Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495-0094

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

Additional Notes

VERIFIED as Wood County (independently confirmed via the town's own official domain townofsenecawoodcowi.gov, distinct from the Green Lake, Crawford, and Shawano County Towns of Seneca). No individual clerk name was published on the town's contact page (site says "leave a message"). A Building Inspector phone, 715-347-7866, is listed on the same page without a name; this number matches "Dan Hansen (Central Wisconsin Building Inspections)" as listed for several other Wood County towns on the Wisconsin DSPS UDC-delegation list (Aug 19, 2026) – flagged as a probable but not independently confirmed match for this specific town, since the DSPS list's own Town of Seneca/Wood County row (DOA code 71038) had blank contact fields. Also on file: a separate "Zoning Official" phone, 715-316-8250. No name/phone/email overlap with the other three Towns of Seneca.

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 Seneca'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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