Town of Grant

Clark County, Wisconsin

Last verified September 17, 2026

Town of Grant is a jurisdiction in Clark County, Wisconsin, 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: 715-743-4143
Email: tgrantclerk@tds.net
Department Site: Town Clerk / Clark County Planning & Zoning Dept. (opens in a new tab)

Source: clarkcountywi.gov (opens in a new tab)

Permit Search

Clark County Public Permits Search (opens in a new tab)

Certificate Holder Mailing Address

Rhonda Pernsteiner, Town Clerk
(715) 743-4143 / tgrantclerk@tds.net
Clark County Planning & Zoning Dept.
517 Court St, Room 204, Neillsville, WI 54456 / (715) 743-5130

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

Additional Notes

IMPORTANT DISAMBIGUATION: this is the Town of Grant in Clark County, unrelated to the five other Wisconsin Towns of Grant in this list (Dunn, Monroe, Portage, Rusk, Shawano). Per the WI DSPS UDC-delegated municipalities PDF, the town's contact of record is Town Clerk Rhonda Pernsteiner (715-743-4143, tgrantclerk@tds.net); no separate UDC inspector name was captured in that table for this town. Some third-party aggregator sites (e.g. jaspector.com) list an identical 'UDC inspector Justin Steinmeyer, 715-658-1888' for the Clark, Monroe, Rusk, AND Shawano County Towns of Grant simultaneously -- this is almost certainly templated/incorrect data reused across unrelated towns and was deliberately NOT used here. (Steinmeyer Inspections LLC IS independently confirmed as the real inspector, but only for the Dunn County Town of Grant -- see that record -- via that county's own official website.) Clark County Planning & Zoning (715-743-5130, 517 Court St Room 204, Neillsville, WI 54456) administers county zoning/permits for unincorporated towns; could not confirm whether it or a separately delegated inspector issues UDC building permits for this specific town -- recommend calling to confirm before relying on this record.

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 Grant'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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