Village of Ursa
Adams County, Illinois
Last verified September 17, 2026
Village of Ursa is a jurisdiction in Adams 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
- office@ursavillage.org
- Department Site
- Village Office / Village Board (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
Village of UrsaUse this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
Confirmed directly on the official village site (ursavillage.org): general contact email office@ursavillage.org. The site has no dedicated building/zoning department page; permitting for this small village, if formalized at all, would run through the Village Office/Board directly. Hedge: third-party sources give a phone of (217) 964-2300 and address of 107 S Warsaw St, Ursa, IL 62376, which could not be confirmed on the specific official pages retrieved (the site's town-hall page mentions the phone number for rental bookings only, in a context that did not clearly establish it as a general/permit contact line). Adams County's official government does not appear to run a countywide zoning/building-permit department covering Ursa - the county's own pages reference only highway-department floodplain permits, and Quincy (the county seat) has a separate city-only zoning department with no jurisdiction here.
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 Ursa'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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