Village of Forest City
Mason County, Illinois
Last verified September 17, 2026
Village of Forest City is a jurisdiction in Mason 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
Permit Search
No online permit database on file — contact the department directly by phone or email.
Certificate Holder Mailing Address
Mason County Zoning DepartmentCounty Courthouse, 125 N Plum
Havana, IL 62644
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
Mason County's official Zoning page (masoncountyil.gov/zoning/) names Code Enforcement Officer Jen Dye (phone option 9) and states the Building Department, handling building/mechanical/electrical/plumbing permits, operates from the same location. The page does not explicitly confirm jurisdiction over incorporated Forest City (population 222) versus unincorporated county land, but county-level coverage is the standard, expected arrangement for a village this size; this is disclosed as a reasonable inference rather than a directly confirmed fact. No department email was published.
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 Forest City'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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