Village of St. Johns
Perry County, Illinois
Last verified September 17, 2026
Village of St. Johns is a jurisdiction in Perry 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.
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Permit Search
No online permit database on file — contact the department directly by phone or email.
Additional Notes
No official village website could be located for tiny St. Johns (Perry County). Perry County's own building-permits page (perrycountyil.gov/building-permits/) requires a Certificate of Zoning Compliance before a county permit is issued and lists specific zoning-compliance contacts for the City of Pinckneyville, City of Du Quoin, Village of Willisville, and Village of Tamaroa, plus the County Zoning Administrator for unincorporated areas -- but St. Johns is not named anywhere on that page. It is possible the County Zoning Administrator (Rebecca/Becky Tracy, reported as 618-357-3265 or 618-357-3267 in different county pages, Perry County Government Building, 3764 State Routes 13-127, Pinckneyville, IL) is the applicable contact by default, but this is not confirmed for St. Johns specifically from any official source, so all fields are left blank rather than guessed.
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 — Village of St. Johns'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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