Town of Lawrence
Brown County, Wisconsin
Last verified September 17, 2026
Town of Lawrence is a jurisdiction in Brown 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
- (920) 347-3715
- Permit@lawrencewi.gov
- Department Site
- Town of Lawrence Building Inspection Department (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
Town of Lawrence Town HallBuilding Inspection Department
2400 Shady Ct
De Pere, WI 54115
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
DISAMBIGUATION: this is the Town of Lawrence in BROWN County (lawrencewi.gov, near De Pere) — confirmed distinct from the unrelated Town of Lawrence in Rusk County covered separately below. Search engines heavily cross-contaminate results for the two same-named towns; only lawrencewi.gov sources were used here. Confirmed via the town's own official website (lawrencewi.gov). Building Inspection Department handles residential/commercial permits; completed Residential Building Permit Packet applications are emailed to Permit@lawrencewi.gov. Town Hall: 2400 Shady Ct, De Pere, WI 54115; hours Mon-Thu 7:00am-4:00pm, Fri 7:00am-11:00am. Wisconsin DSPS's UDC Delegated Municipalities list (line 764) separately names Patrick Wetzel, Administrator, (920) 336-9131, PatrickW@lawrencewi.gov, as the municipal UDC delegation contact — provided here as an alternate contact in case the Permit@lawrencewi.gov inbox is not monitored. No online permit portal was confirmed on the official site.
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 Lawrence'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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