Town of Shields

Dodge County, Wisconsin

Last verified September 17, 2026

Town of Shields is a jurisdiction in Dodge 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: (920) 261-7154
Email: clerk@townofshieldsdcwi.gov
Department Site: Town Clerk (Julie Klusken); Building Inspector (Wisconsin Inspection Agency, LLC) (opens in a new tab)

Source: townofshieldsdcwi.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

John Moosreiner / Thomas Marks
Wisconsin Inspection Agency, LLC
John: (262) 490-0277, jmmoosreiner@gmail.com
Thomas: (262) 490-0513, temarks@live.com

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

Additional Notes

One of two unrelated Towns of Shields (Dodge vs. Marquette County) — researched and cross-checked independently; note the two towns' websites share a near-identical template which caused some search-engine summaries to blend their addresses, so figures below were verified against each town's own domain. Two-step permit process: (1) Dodge County Zoning/Land Use permit — Terry Ochs, Code Administration Manager, (920) 386-3711, tochs@co.dodge.wi.us; then (2) Town-contracted Building Inspector sign-off before work starts. Town Clerk confirmed via Dodge County's official municipal-clerk directory as Julie Klusken, N1638 Wood Road, Watertown, WI 53098 — this is the address used here rather than the Montello, WI address shown on the town's own building-inspector page template, which appears to be boilerplate duplicated from the unrelated Marquette County Town of Shields site.

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 Shields'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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