Village of Pocahontas
Bond County, Illinois
Last verified September 17, 2026
Village of Pocahontas is a jurisdiction in Bond 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
- Phone
- 618-669-2431
- pokeyvillage@gmail.com
- Department Site
- Village Hall / Village Clerk (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
Village of Pocahontas101 West Kavanaugh Street, PO Box 275
Pocahontas, IL 62275
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
Confirmed directly from the Village's own official site, villageofpocahontas.org. Per the Village's Building Codes & Fees / FAQ pages, a building permit is required for erecting, installing, moving, or structurally altering a building, and applications/fee schedules are obtained from the Village Clerk's office at Village Hall. Note the official contact email uses a gmail.com address (pokeyvillage@gmail.com) rather than a village domain address — unusual but is what the Village itself publishes as its contact.
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 Pocahontas'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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