Village of Coalton

Montgomery County, Illinois

Last verified September 17, 2026

Village of Coalton is a jurisdiction in Montgomery 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

Phone
217-563-2531
Email
charger_89@hotmail.com
Department Site
Village Clerk (Village of Coalton) -- general village contact (opens in a new tab)

Source: montgomerycountyil.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

Village of Coalton
P.O. Box 86
Nokomis, IL 62075

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

Additional Notes

No standalone Village of Coalton website exists. Sourced from an official Montgomery County government document (montgomerycountyil.gov), a county-published municipal contact directory (revised 4/19/2023) listing Village Clerk Kay Cook's work phone as '563-2531' and email charger_89@hotmail.com; the village's own 'Municipal Hall Phone' field is listed as 'None Given' in that document, meaning Coalton apparently has no staffed village hall phone line. The 217 area code was inferred (not printed for this specific entry) from the uniform convention used throughout the rest of the same document for other Montgomery County municipalities. No dedicated building/zoning/permit department was identified for Coalton at either the village or county level -- Montgomery County's own official site (montgomerycountyil.gov) lists no building/zoning/planning department among its departments (only 911, ADA, Animal Control, Circuit Clerk, Coroner, County Clerk, EPA, EMA, Health, Highway, GIS, Probation, Public Defender, Sheriff, Supervisor of Assessments, State's Attorney, Treasurer, Veterans Assistance). Given the village's tiny size (pop. ~317), the Village Clerk/Trustees are the most plausible point of contact for any local building approval, but this is not explicitly confirmed as a 'building department' function.

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 Coalton'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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