Dothan homebuilder bonds.
$300. Five minutes.
The City of Dothan requires a $10,000 license bond from residential homebuilders before it issues the city license. Ours is $300 flat — 3% of the bond amount, the same number for every builder. The application is five minutes and there's no credit check on this bond.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Municipal license bonds are about the simplest thing in surety. Here's the whole process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit section, no scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
License bonds like this issue right after purchase in most cases. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the City of Dothan
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with Dothan's building / inspection office. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$10,000 bond × 3% = $300, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
The City of Dothan licenses residential homebuilders who build inside the city, and conditions the license on a $10,000 surety bond filed with the city. The bond is a code-compliance and public-protection guarantee: it backs your promise to build to Dothan's building code and ordinances. (This city license is separate from the State of Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board's requirements.)
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Dothan (the obligee). If your work violates the city's building 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. Builders 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.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.