Town of Grant
Rusk County, Wisconsin
Last verified September 17, 2026
Town of Grant is a jurisdiction in Rusk 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
- 715-314-0165
- tofgrant@gmail.com
- Department Site
- Town Clerk / Town Board (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
Connie Meyer, Town ClerkW8494 CTH P, Ladysmith, WI 54848
Chairman Erle E. Barber IV: (715) 403-0303 (permit inquiries)
Assessor (role re: UDC unconfirmed): Bow-Mar Appraisal, (715) 835-1141
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 Rusk County, unrelated to the five other Towns of Grant in this list. Per the town's own website, 'A Building Permit is required by the Town of Grant Board in addition to Rusk County Permits' -- residents are directed to contact Town Chairman Erle E. Barber IV (715-403-0303) with permit questions; Town Clerk is Connie Meyer (contact above). A page on the same site lists 'Bow-Mar Appraisal, (715) 835-1141' in what appeared to be an assessor/inspector-adjacent role -- this reads as the town's property assessor rather than a confirmed UDC building inspector, so it is NOT presented here as the confirmed UDC inspector; could not independently verify who currently holds delegated UDC-inspector authority for this town (the WI DSPS delegated list had no captured name for this row). Rusk County-level zoning/permit questions go through Rusk County Zoning (ruskcounty.org). Do not confuse with third-party aggregator claims of a 'UDC inspector Justin Steinmeyer' for this town -- that name is independently confirmed only for the Dunn County Town of Grant (see that record) and appears misattributed here.
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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