Town of York

Clark County, Wisconsin

Last verified September 18, 2026

Town of York is a jurisdiction in Clark 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: 715-743-5130

Permit Search

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

Certificate Holder Mailing Address

Unconfirmed — possibly Heather Mendoza, Town Clerk (per 2025 election candidacy, current status as of 2026 unverified)
Referral: Clark County Planning, Zoning & Land Information, 715-743-5130
Clark County Clerk's Office (general referral): 715-743-5148

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

Additional Notes

IMPORTANT HEDGE: this Town of York does NOT appear on the Wisconsin DSPS 'Municipalities with Delegated Authority for the UDC' list (checked the full 75-page document; only the unrelated Town of York in Green County appears there — see the group123 batch), suggesting the State of Wisconsin (DSPS) itself may retain direct UDC jurisdiction here, or the town's status could not be located under any name variant. No official Town of York (Clark County) website could be found. A Ballotpedia page references a 'Heather Mendoza (York Town Clerk (Clark County), Wisconsin, candidate 2025)' — implying she ran for/holds the Town Clerk seat as of a 2025 election (term likely starting 2026), but the page yielded no phone, email, or further verifiable detail during this research, and her status as the CURRENT clerk in September 2026 is unconfirmed — hedge, treat as an uncertain lead per project convention rather than omitting it. VERIFIED as independently researched and NOT conflated with the two other, unrelated Towns of York in this batch (Dane County and Green County) — no contact information overlaps. The phone number given here (715-743-5130) is Clark County's Planning, Zoning & Land Information Department, a plausible referral point, not a confirmed direct line for this town. Recommend verifying current officers via the Clark County Clerk's office, 715-743-5148.

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 York'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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