Village of Findlay
Shelby County, Illinois
Last verified September 17, 2026
Village of Findlay is a jurisdiction in Shelby 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
Village of FindlayPO Box 199
Findlay, IL 62534
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
Shelby County's Zoning Office (shelbycounty-il.gov/cozone.aspx, 217-774-5797, shelbyzoning@shelbycounty-il.gov) explicitly states its Improvement Location Permit jurisdiction covers only unincorporated areas of the county, meaning incorporated villages like Findlay are NOT covered and would need their own process. No official Village of Findlay website or building department could be located (no confirmed .gov/.org domain). The mailing address above is the Village Clerk address from the Illinois Commerce Commission's official municipal directory, offered as a hedge for who to contact locally; it is unconfirmed whether Findlay issues its own building permits or has no formal process. All permit-department fields are left blank because no official source confirms a specific building-permit authority for this village.
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 Findlay'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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