City of Whitehall
Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
Last verified September 18, 2026
City of Whitehall is a jurisdiction in Trempealeau 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
Permit Search
No online permit database on file — contact the department directly by phone or email.
Certificate Holder Mailing Address
Kyle Kreibich (General Engineering Co. - UDC Inspector)General Engineering Company
500 W. Main Street
Waunakee, WI 53597
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
Per Wisconsin DSPS's UDC delegated-municipality list, the City of Whitehall's UDC inspection is handled 'See County of Trempealeau': County Clerk Mary Martin (715-538-2311, mary.martin@co.trempealeau.wi.us) is the county delegation contact; UDC Inspector is Kyle Kreibich of General Engineering (GEC), 608-697-7775, gec@generalengineering.net. HEDGE: the same DSPS document separately lists a City Clerk named 'Ashley Slaby' at an email that renders as whitehall@wppienery.org - that domain does not match the city's actual website (whitehallwi.com) and is very likely a data-entry/OCR-type error in the source PDF; independent web search additionally suggests the Clerk/Treasurer position may have since turned over to Karen Witte per a more recent county directory. Recommend confirming the current City Clerk identity directly with the City of Whitehall (36295 Main Street, PO Box 155, Whitehall, WI 54773, 715-538-4353 / general email whitehall@whitehallwi.com) rather than relying on either name here; the county-level contact for the actual UDC/building permit function is more solid.
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 — City of Whitehall'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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- Village of Eleva
- Village of Ettrick
- Town of Ettrick
- Town of Gale
- City of Galesville
- Town of Hale
- City of Independence
- Town of Lincoln
- City of Osseo
- Village of Pigeon Falls
- Town of Pigeon
- Town of Preston
- Village of Strum
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