Town of Texas

Marathon County, Wisconsin

Last verified September 18, 2026

Town of Texas is a jurisdiction in Marathon 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: 715-581-1166
Email: dittmarduane@gmail.com
Department Site: Duane Dittmar, Zoning Inspector (opens in a new tab)

Source: texaswi.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

Darin Pagel
Northwinds Inspection (contracted UDC Inspector)
Phone: 715-218-0822
Email: northwindsinspections@yahoo.com

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 Town of Texas in Marathon County, Wisconsin (population ~1,600) — not the U.S. state of Texas; most generic web searches for 'Texas, WI' surface irrelevant state-of-Texas results. Town's site (townoftexas.com) redirects to texaswi.gov; that site's homepage did not itself display permit-department contact details in the fetch (a dedicated 'Zoning and Planning' page reportedly exists in nav). Contact info above is from the WI DSPS UDC-delegation list (8/19/2026), which names Duane Dittmar as Zoning Inspector/municipal contact and Darin Pagel of Northwinds Inspection as the contracted UDC inspector (see certHolder fields). General town phone line also reported as 715-675-7476 (Town of Texas Fire/Municipal Center) — could be an alternate/older number; not confirmed as the permit line.

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 Texas'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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