Village of Alto Pass
Union County, Illinois
Last verified September 17, 2026
Village of Alto Pass is a jurisdiction in Union County, Illinois, with an online portal for searching and pulling active or historical building permits. 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.
Certificate Holder Mailing Address
Union County Supervisor of Assessments309 W. Market Street, Room 128
Jonesboro, IL 62952
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
Union County's own Code of Ordinances (hosted on the county's Municode-based code library) states building permit applications are filed with the Supervisor of Assessments; the county's official site (unioncountyil.gov) confirms a Permits page and a Supervisor of Assessments department but the fetched pages did not restate the phone number directly -- the phone 618-833-8051 for that office was found via an Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board (ptab.illinois.gov) document, an official state source, and is included as a hedge rather than omitted. Village Clerk email for Alto Pass (odumacct@frontier.com) sourced from Illinois Commerce Commission clerk filings; no confirmation this handles building permits specifically.
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 Alto Pass'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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