AL termite control bonds.
$275. Five minutes.
A permit to do termite (wood-destroying-organism) control work in Alabama requires a $2,500 bond filed with the Department of Agriculture and Industries under Title 2, Chapter 28. At a flat 3% that math is $75 — below our floor — so this bond is $275, our minimum premium.
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Three steps. One sitting.
License bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here is the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application — no financials, no credit check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
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 Department
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your professional services / WDO permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
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3% of $2,500 is $75, but our minimum premium is $275 — so a 1-year term is $275. Multi-year terms multiply the $275 floor.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Alabama regulates pest control and the control or eradication of wood-destroying organisms — termites, wood-boring beetles, and similar pests — through the Department of Agriculture and Industries under Title 2, Chapter 28 of the Code of Alabama. A professional-services permit for termite work conditions on a $2,500 surety bond.
The bond is a consumer-protection guarantee: it protects customers if a termite operator delivers fraudulent or negligent treatment or abandons a job. The statute lets a harmed party recover against the bond for acts of fraud or for abandoning work the customer paid for.
It is a three-party arrangement — you (the principal), the surety, and the State of Alabama, with your customers as the protected parties. The $2,500 amount is a baseline financial-security figure for licensure; if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Operators who do clean, complete work treat it as a routine permit formality.
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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.
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If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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File your termite bond today.
$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.