AL basic installer bonds.
$450. Five minutes.
The Alabama Onsite Wastewater Board requires a licensed basic installer to file a $15,000 surety bond as a condition of the license. At our flat 3% that is $450 — above our $275 minimum, so $450 is what you pay. License bonds like this are the fastest thing we issue.
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Three steps. One sitting.
License bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details, your employer company, and an effective date. No financials and no credit-check section on this bond.
Pay & e-sign
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the Board
Your executed bond on the AOWB form arrives by email, ready to file with your license application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$15,000 bond × 3% = $450, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed rate, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Alabama licenses septic installers through the Onsite Wastewater Board (AOWB). The basic installer license covers conventional onsite systems, and the Board conditions it on a $15,000 surety bond — a public-and-consumer-protection guarantee that you install systems in line with the Board's law and rules.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Alabama for the benefit of the public (the obligee). If an installer violates the Onsite Wastewater law and a property owner is harmed, the harmed party can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The bond must stay active for the life of the license, so we track it and notify you ahead of the Board's December 31 renewal deadline. Advanced Level I and II installers post a larger $30,000 bond — see those pages if you hold an advanced license.
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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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$450 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.