Town of Lind

Waupaca County, Wisconsin

Last verified September 17, 2026

Town of Lind is a jurisdiction in Waupaca 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
715-258-6255
Email
clerk@tn.lind.wi.gov
Department Site
Waupaca County Planning & Zoning / Building Inspection Dept (covers the Town of Lind); Town Clerk handles permit intake (opens in a new tab)

Source: waupacacounty-wi.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

Colleen McCoy, Town Clerk
Town of Lind
N1674 County Road A (permit mail: N1315 County A)
Waupaca, WI 54981

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

Additional Notes

Independently verified via the town's own official site (townoflind.org) and Waupaca County's Building Inspection page, which explicitly lists the Town of Lind as one of the townships it covers (alongside Dupont, Farmington, Helvetia, Iola, Matteson, Scandinavia, Union, Waupaca, Wyoming), contracting inspections to 'General Engineering,' 608-617-9253. Residents must first obtain a Land Use Permit from County Planning & Zoning (715-258-6255) before a Building Permit is issued; completed applications are mailed to the town. A separate, apparently older Wisconsin Towns Association classified ad indicated the Town of Lind itself was separately recruiting a contracted Building Inspector (percentage-of-fee pay) -- unclear if that posting is still open or superseded by the county arrangement now shown on the county's page; flagged as a possible-outdated/conflicting lead rather than omitted. Town Clerk Colleen McCoy, (715) 252-2705, clerk@tn.lind.wi.gov; mailing address appears as both 'N1674 County Road A' (clerk's own listing) and 'N1315 County A' (permit-mailing address on the forms page), Waupaca, WI 54981 -- both given as hedge, not resolved to a single address.

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 Lind'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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