Town of De Peyster

St. Lawrence County, New York

Last verified September 17, 2026

Town of De Peyster is a jurisdiction in St. Lawrence County, New York, 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: (315) 344-2400

Permit Search

No online permit database on file — contact the department directly by phone or email.

Certificate Holder Mailing Address

Russell Lawrence, Code Enforcement Officer (unconfirmed)
51 State Street
Heuvelton, NY 13654

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

Additional Notes

UNCERTAIN: Secondary sources list Russell Lawrence as Code Enforcement Officer at (315) 344-2400, based at 51 State Street, Heuvelton, NY -- an address that does not match the De Peyster town office, suggesting this may be a shared/regional code officer covering multiple small St. Lawrence County towns; not confirmed via the town's own website (no official town website with a dedicated code enforcement page was found). St. Lawrence County is one of the counties that has opted out of county-level uniform code enforcement, so enforcement is a town-level responsibility here. Confirmed town government contacts: Supervisor Irene Hargrave (315) 344-6484, PO Box 9, DePeyster, NY 13633; Clerk & Tax Collector Susan Matheson (315) 214-9738, PO Box 17, DePeyster, NY 13633, email DePeystertownclerk@yahoo.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 De Peyster'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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