Town of Lena
Oconto County, Wisconsin
Last verified September 17, 2026
Town of Lena is a jurisdiction in Oconto 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
- 715-281-4672
- lenatownclerk@gmail.com
- Department Site
- Town of Lena Town Clerk (Dawn Van Ark) (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
Town of Lena Town Hall8489 Sunshine Road
Lena, WI 54139
Possible inspector (unconfirmed): Tom Smith Inspections LLC, tom@tsinspections.com
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
DISAMBIGUATION: the Town of Lena and Village of Lena (covered separately above) are two distinct Oconto County governments sharing the 'Lena' name — verified independently; do not conflate. No dedicated official Town of Lena website was found; the only official source is its listing on the Oconto County government site (ocontocountywi.gov), which gives only the Town Clerk's general contact info above and no dedicated building-permit page. A third-party building-inspection company site, tsinspections.com/town-of-lena.html, lists Tom Smith of Tom Smith Inspections LLC (2740 Otto Court, Green Bay, WI 54313, tom@tsinspections.com) as the town's building inspector — plausible since the neighboring Village of Lena confirmed uses the same firm, but this could not be independently verified on any official town or county page, so it is flagged as unconfirmed rather than entered as the primary contact. Wisconsin DSPS's UDC Delegated Municipalities list (line 771) confirms 'Delegated' UDC status for this town but leaves the Municipality Contact and Inspector fields blank. Recommend calling the Town Clerk directly to confirm the current building-permit process.
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 Lena'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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