Village of Godley

Will County, Illinois

Last verified September 17, 2026

Village of Godley is a jurisdiction in Will 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

No official Village of Godley website could be located (only a Facebook page and third-party directories exist online). The Village's codified ordinances (hosted on American Legal Publishing's amlegal.com, the vendor that codifies the village code — not an official .gov/.us domain) state that Godley adopts the building regulations of Will and/or Grundy County by reference, with copies on file at the Village Clerk's office — implying Godley likely issues its own permits under county-derived code rather than the county issuing them directly, since Will County's official site (willcounty.gov) states county permits cover unincorporated areas only. Third-party sources repeatedly cite a village hall address of 150 South Kankakee Street, Godley, IL 60407, but this is unverified against an official source and left out of the structured fields per sourcing rules. Godley also straddles Will and Grundy counties; the county value given (Will) is used as authoritative per instructions. Recommend contacting the Village Clerk directly to confirm current permitting contact details.

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 Godley'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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