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Alaska residential-endorsed general contractor bonds.
$100 flat.
Alaska registers contractors through the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development (DCCED), and AS 08.18.071(b)(2) sets a $20,000 bond for a general contractor with a residential contractor endorsement who performs exclusively residential work. Ours is $100 flat for a term.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Alaska will not issue or keep a contractor registration without the bond on file. Here's the whole process:
Apply online
Your business name exactly as it appears on your registration application, any DBA, your entity type, address and contact details, and the effective date. That is the application — it collects no credit information.
Pay & e-sign
Registration bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with DCCED
You receive the executed bond on DCCED Surety Bond form #08-4971, signed by the surety with its power of attorney attached, ready to send with your application or renewal to the Construction Contractors program in Juneau.
What it is and who needs it.
What the residential-endorsed contractor bond guarantees
Under AS 08.18.025(a), a general contractor may not build or alter a privately-owned residential structure of one to four units, bid on that work, or advertise it without a residential contractor endorsement. “Alteration” means changes worth more than 25 percent of the structure’s value. The endorsement requires a registered general contractor, a residential contractor examination and the other qualifications in § 08.18.025(b). A registration that holds the endorsement, or has an endorsement holder assigned to it, files as a General Contractor with Residential Endorsement.
AS 08.18.071(a) requires every applicant to file, when applying for a certificate of registration, a surety bond running to the state and conditioned on paying all taxes and contributions due the state and its political subdivisions; everyone who furnishes labor or material or rents or supplies equipment; and judgments for negligent or improper work, breach of contract, or damage to public facilities. Subsection (b)(2) sets that bond at $20,000 for a residential-endorsed general contractor “who performs exclusively residential work.” A residential-endorsed contractor that also takes commercial or other non-residential jobs falls under (b)(1) and needs the $25,000 general contractor bond.
The bond is continuous: under § 08.18.071(c) it stays in effect until cancelled by the surety, the principal or the commissioner, and a claimant may sue on it for three years after cancellation. If the surety cancels, § 08.18.121(c) requires the registration to be revoked, and § 08.18.121(h) suspends or revokes the residential endorsement with it. Instead of a bond, § 08.18.071(c) and 12 AAC 21.090(b)(3) allow a $20,000 cash deposit or time certificate of deposit. It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay it.
You need this bond if you are
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual fields — your business name and DBA exactly as registered, entity type, address and contact details. No credit section, because this application doesn’t collect credit information. Free until your bond is issued.
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$100 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.