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Contractor Registration by mail is preferred. Please send Registration application form with check payable to the City of Valparaiso to Valparaiso Building Department at 166 Lincolnway, Valparaiso, IN 46383.
Registration Requirements
Contractor Registration by mail is preferred. Please send Registration application form with check payable to the City of Valparaiso to Valparaiso Building Department at 166 Lincolnway, Valparaiso, IN 46383.
Registration Requirements
All contractors, sub-contractors, or specialty contractors working within the Valparaiso city limits must be registered with the city. These items are required for new registration, as well as renewal of registration:
Please note: Your registration is not complete until all items have been provided. If we have received payment, but the bond is not recorded or the insurance certificate is not provided, it will hold up the issuance of the building permit, delay inspections, or delay the issuance of final occupancy.
- A check for the registration fee made payable to the City of Valparaiso
- Late registration: $80
- New contractor: $100
- Renewal: $50 (if renewed by the expiration date)
- A certificate of liability insurance that is no less than $500,000
- Worker's compensation insurance must be included on the certificate. The certificate holder should be:
City of Valparaiso
166 Lincolnway
Valparaiso, IN 46383
- Worker's compensation insurance must be included on the certificate. The certificate holder should be:
- A completed contractor registration application form
- A recorded Porter County bond in the amount of $5,000
Please note: Your registration is not complete until all items have been provided. If we have received payment, but the bond is not recorded or the insurance certificate is not provided, it will hold up the issuance of the building permit, delay inspections, or delay the issuance of final occupancy.
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Rebecca Marlow
Administrative Assistant
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Building
Physical Address
166 Lincolnway
Valparaiso, IN 46383
Phone: 219-462-1161Fax: 219-464-4273