Village of Sammons Point

Kankakee County, Illinois

Last verified September 17, 2026

Village of Sammons Point is a jurisdiction in Kankakee 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, or the mailing address if the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.

Contact

Email
clerk@villageofsammonspoint.org
Department Site
Village of Sammons Point Clerk's Office (opens in a new tab)

Source: villageofsammonspoint.org (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

Village of Sammons Point, Clerk's Office
P.O. Box 123
Chebanse, IL 60922

Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.

Additional Notes

Very small village (pop. 214, re-incorporated 2008 after a brief 2006-2007 disincorporation). Confirmed via its official site villageofsammonspoint.org that permits/FOIA/ordinances are handled through the Village Clerk's Office rather than a dedicated building department. No direct phone number for the Clerk's Office was found on the official site; Kankakee County Planning & Zoning Department (815-937-2940, 189 E Court Street Room 201, Kankakee, IL) may be a relevant backstop but its jurisdiction over incorporated Sammons Point specifically was not confirmed.

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 Sammons Point'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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