Town of Moscow

Iowa County, Wisconsin

Last verified September 17, 2026

Town of Moscow is a jurisdiction in Iowa 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: 608-523-1381
Email: townofmoscow@tds.net
Department Site: Town Clerk/Treasurer's Office (building/zoning permits administered by Iowa County Planning & Development) (opens in a new tab)

Source: iowacountywi.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

Mary Kolb, Clerk/Treasurer
Town of Moscow
7476 County Rd DD
Blanchardville, WI 53516

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

Additional Notes

Confirmed as the Town of Moscow, Iowa County, Wisconsin via the county's own official site -- explicitly unrelated to Moscow, Russia or other Moscow-named US places, per the task's disambiguation warning. Iowa County administers zoning/building permits directly for its unincorporated towns; the county's Office of Planning & Development is at the Courthouse, 222 N. Iowa St., Dodgeville, WI 53533, (608) 935-0398. This town's row in the WI DSPS UDC delegation list (Sept 2026 pull; line 909) had no municipality contact or inspector listed, so the specific UDC inspector could not be independently confirmed from that source -- verify directly with the county or town. Clerk/Treasurer: Mary Kolb, (608) 523-1381, townofmoscow@tds.net; Deputy Clerk Connie Johnson, conniejohnson67@icloud.com.

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 Moscow'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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