Town of Swiss
Burnett County, Wisconsin
Last verified September 17, 2026
Town of Swiss is a jurisdiction in Burnett 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
- 715-656-3030
- Department Site
- Town of Swiss (Tanya Fornengo, Clerk) (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
REM Inspecting LLCPhone: 715-598-4484 (per Burnett County list; alt. 715-497-3458 found elsewhere, unreconciled)
Email: office@reminspecting.com (alt. info@reminspecting.com)
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
Town Hall mailing address PO Box 157, Danbury, WI 54830-0157 (physical: 7551 Main Street East, Danbury). Chairman Terrance L. Nelson, 715-656-3030; Clerk Tanya Fornengo, 952-564-9914. Per Burnett County's official UDC-inspector-by-township list (county doc 'UDC Inspectors', revised 7/1/2025), the Town of Swiss's UDC inspector is REM Inspecting LLC, 715-598-4484, office@reminspecting.com. HEDGE: a separate web search turned up a possibly-older/alternate contact for the same firm — 715-497-3458, info@reminspecting.com — not fully reconciled with the county PDF; included for completeness. Land-use permits are issued separately by Burnett County Zoning; building/UDC permits are issued via the town using this contracted inspector.
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 Swiss'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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