Town of Vance Creek

Barron County, Wisconsin

Last verified September 18, 2026

Town of Vance Creek is a jurisdiction in Barron 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: 715-497-3458
Department Site: REM Inspecting, LLC (contracted UDC inspection agency); Town Clerk (opens in a new tab)

Source: townofvancecreek.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

Daniel Kegley / Nick Livingston, REM Inspecting LLC
Town Clerk: Lisa Norberg (current, per official site) — possibly also/formerly Glennis Lynch (unresolved)
PO Box 123
Prairie Farm, WI 54762

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

Additional Notes

Building/UDC inspection is contracted to REM Inspecting, LLC (inspectors Daniel Kegley and Nick Livingston, per reminspecting.com); their email is shown only in an anti-spam-obfuscated form on their site and could not be captured in plain text, so it is left null. TOWN CLERK NAME IS UNRESOLVED: the current official town website's contact page lists the clerk as Lisa Norberg (715-418-9755, email also obfuscated on-page), but an older/cached directory listing names a different person, Glennis Lynch (vcclerk04@gmail.com, 633 18th Avenue, Comstock, WI 54826), as clerk. These two could not be reconciled with confidence in the time available — both are disclosed here per project convention (hedge rather than omit); Lisa Norberg is treated as the more likely CURRENT officeholder since that came from the live official site, but this should be confirmed before use. Also confirm whether a DSPS UDC delegated-agent letter (dsps.wi.gov/.../UDCVanceCreekTownBarron.pdf) exists for this town — one was located but could not be text-extracted (image/encoded PDF).

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 Vance Creek'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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