City of Mounds
Pulaski County, Illinois
Last verified September 17, 2026
City of Mounds is a jurisdiction in Pulaski 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.
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Permit Search
No online permit database on file — contact the department directly by phone or email.
Additional Notes
No official City of Mounds website could be located, and Pulaski County's official site (pulaskicountyil.net) lists no zoning/building/planning department at all (only Sheriff, State's Attorney, Circuit Clerk, County Clerk, Treasurer, Assessor, Ambulance, ESDA, Highway, and Detention Center). Third-party directories (citydirectory.us, buzzfile, opengovus) list a City Hall at 501 1st St, Mounds, IL 62964, phone (618) 745-6114, but this is unconfirmed by any official .gov/.us source, so it is omitted from the structured fields per sourcing rules -- flagged here as a hedge rather than silently dropped. Pulaski County Clerk's office (confirmed official, but NOT a building department): 618-748-9360, 500 Illinois Ave, Mound City, IL 62963. It is plausible a tiny city like Mounds handles any building permitting informally through its city council/clerk with no codified department, which would be normal for a city this size, but this could not be confirmed.
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 — City of Mounds'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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