Town of Springfield

Jackson County, Wisconsin

Last verified September 17, 2026

Town of Springfield is a jurisdiction in Jackson 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: 715-662-2661
Email: townofspringfieldwi@gmail.com
Department Site: Town Clerk (Susan Waldera) / General Engineering Co. (Building Inspector) (opens in a new tab)

Source: townofspringfieldwi.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

General Engineering Co. (Building Inspector)
608-742-2169, inspections@generalengineering.net
412 E. Slifer St.
Portage, WI 53901

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

Additional Notes

HEDGE: This town does NOT appear in DSPS's UDC delegated-authority PDF at all (checked the full alphabetical run of Town-of-Springfield entries, which lists Dane, Marquette, and St. Croix counties but no Jackson County entry) - this may mean Jackson County or the state administers UDC inspections here rather than a municipal delegation, but that was not independently confirmed; Jackson County's own UDC page states individual municipalities administer UDC locally without naming Springfield specifically. All contact info here comes instead from the town's own website, townofspringfieldwi.com (note: distinct domain from townofspringfieldwi.org, which is the unrelated Marquette County Town of Springfield - easy to confuse). ONE OF THREE unrelated Towns of Springfield in this batch.

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 Springfield'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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