Village of Lisbon

Waukesha County, Wisconsin

Last verified September 17, 2026

Village of Lisbon is a jurisdiction in Waukesha 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: 262-844-1594
Email: lisbon-inspector@outlook.com
Department Site: Building Inspector (opens in a new tab)

Source: lisbonwi.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

Bryan Oelhafen, Building Inspector
Premier Building Inspections
W251N8924 Crestwood Drive
Sussex, WI 53089

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

Additional Notes

This is the Village of Lisbon in Waukesha County -- distinct from the unrelated Town of Lisbon in Juneau County covered separately above; do not conflate. Confirmed via both the Village's own site (lisbonwi.gov) and the DSPS delegated-authority PDF (Village of Lisbon, Waukesha County, DOA 68149): Village Administrator Elisa Cappozzo Katch, 262-246-6100, ekatch@lisbonwi.gov; Building Inspector Bryan Oelhafen of Premier Building Inspections (listed by DSPS as 'V. Lisbon'), 262-844-1594, lisbon-inspector@outlook.com. Note the legacy domain townoflisbonwi.com now redirects to lisbonwi.gov (village incorporated from the former Town of Lisbon in 2004), so historical 'townoflisbonwi.com' links point here, not to Juneau County. No dedicated online permit portal found; forms are downloaded and submitted to Bryan Oelhafen directly.

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 Lisbon'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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