Village of Tennessee
McDonough County, Illinois
Last verified September 17, 2026
Village of Tennessee is a jurisdiction in McDonough 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
Confirmed this is the Illinois village (McDonough County, ZIP 62374, area code 309), not the U.S. state of Tennessee. No official Village of Tennessee website was found and its attempted listing page on the McDonough County site (mcg.mcdonough.il.us/Tennessee.html) could not be reached (connection refused). No county-wide McDonough County building/zoning department was identified either — search results indicate zoning is handled at the municipal level, and the County Clerk's office (309-833-2474) was the only consistently cited county contact. No confirmed building-permit authority could be identified for this village. Unconfirmed (third-party directory only): phone (309) 255-3222.
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 Tennessee'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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