Village of Clay City
Clay County, Illinois
Last verified September 17, 2026
Village of Clay City is a jurisdiction in Clay 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
- 618-676-1441
- ccvillage@yahoo.com
Permit Search
No online permit database on file — contact the department directly by phone or email.
Certificate Holder Mailing Address
Village of Clay City318 S Walnut St SE
Clay City, IL 62824
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
The village's official web presence (villageofclaycityil.com) is only a water/sewer bill-pay portal; it lists Village Hall contact info but has no dedicated building-department or permits page, so it's unconfirmed whether/how the village issues building permits. Clay County's own government site (claycountyillinois.org) was blocked by Cloudflare bot-protection and could not be checked as a possible fallback. Phone and email above are the general Village Hall contact confirmed on the official village domain, not a verified 'building department' line specifically.
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 Clay City'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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