The City of Birmingham requires a $2,500 license bond from gas, butane, and propane contractors before it issues the city trade license. At a flat 3% the math lands below our floor, so the price is the $275 minimum — the same number for every contractor. Five minutes, no credit check on this bond.
















Municipal trade-license bonds are about the simplest thing in surety. Here's the whole process:
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit section, no scavenger hunt.
Trade license bonds like this issue right after purchase in most cases. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with Birmingham's licensing office. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
$2,500 bond × 3% = $75, which is under our $275 minimum — so the price is $275 per term, fixed.
The City of Birmingham licenses the trades that work inside the city, and conditions a gas / butane / propane contractor's license on a $2,500 surety bond filed with the city. The bond is a code-compliance and public-safety guarantee: gas work is high-stakes, and it backs your promise to install and service to the city's gas code.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Birmingham (the obligee). If your work violates the city's gas ordinances and the city or a harmed party suffers a loss, they can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Contractors who pull permits and work to code treat the bond as a license formality, and we keep it continuous with renewal notices 60 and 30 days out.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.