Village of Mason

Bayfield County, Wisconsin

Last verified September 17, 2026

Village of Mason is a jurisdiction in Bayfield 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
715-373-6138
Email
permits@bayfieldcounty.wi.gov
Department Site
Bayfield County Planning & Zoning / Village Clerk (opens in a new tab)

Source: bayfieldcounty.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

Stephen Schraufnagel, UDC Inspector
Bayfield County Planning & Zoning
117 E Main Street, Washburn, WI 54891

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

Additional Notes

IMPORTANT: this Village of Mason is a separate, unrelated government from the Town of Mason, also in Bayfield County (which has its own clerk, Susan Hiatt, and its own WI-DSPS-listed UDC inspector, Jennifer Sobotta) — care was taken not to attribute the Town's info to this Village. WI DSPS's Aug 19, 2026 list marks the Village "Delegated" but leaves its municipal contact/inspector fields blank. Village Clerk is Marian Schraufnagel (715-765-4242, marschrauf@gmail.com, Village Hall at 59400 Northern Lights Blvd / PO Box 44, Mason, WI 54856). Building/UDC permits route through Bayfield County Planning & Zoning (117 E Main Street, Washburn, WI 54891; permits@bayfieldcounty.wi.gov); a county UDC-inspector list names Stephen Schraufnagel (715-209-6372, stephenschrauf@gmail.com) as covering this area — same surname as the Village Clerk, plausibly a local family connection in this small community but not verified, and not evidence of any conflict of interest.

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 Mason'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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