Town of Ripon

Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin

Last verified September 17, 2026

Town of Ripon is a jurisdiction in Fond du Lac 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: 920-229-6360
Department Site: Building Inspector & Permit Issuer (Susan Leahy, Grand Valley Inspection Services) (opens in a new tab)

Source: townofripon.com (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

Susan Leahy
Grand Valley Inspection Services
N8191 Douglas St. (address association with Leahy vs. Town Hall unconfirmed)
Ripon, WI 54971

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

Additional Notes

Confirmed via the Town of Ripon's own website (townofripon.com), which is entirely separate from the City of Ripon's site/department in the prior record — this small town's info is kept independent and not attributed to the city. Inspector: Susan Leahy, Grand Valley Inspection Services, phone 920-229-6360; her email is shown on the page as an obfuscated mailto link whose plain-text address could not be extracted, so it is left blank. Town Hall general line: 920-748-6687 (clerk@townofripon.com). An address of 'N8191 Douglas St., Ripon, WI 54971' appears on the inspector page but it is unclear whether this is the inspector's address or the Town Hall's, so it is included in certHolderLine3/4 with that caveat. The Wisconsin DSPS UDC delegated-agent list names Cindy Beier, Clerk (920-748-6687, clerk@townofripon.com) as municipal contact and lists no separate UDC inspector, so Susan Leahy's role is not independently confirmed by DSPS (though consistent with the town's current 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 Ripon'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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