City of Ashdown requires contractors to file a $5,000 surety bond with the City of Ashdown's building and permit office as a condition of working in the city. Ours is $275 flat — a flat 3% of the bond amount with a $275 minimum, the same price for every contractor. The application is five minutes, and city license bonds like this are the fastest thing we issue.
















City contractor bonds are about the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Business details, the type of contractor you are, and an effective date. That is the application — no financials, no credit check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
City license bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the City of Ashdown's building and permit office alongside your contractor registration or permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
$5,000 bond × 3% = $150, which is below our $275 minimum, so the premium is $275, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
A city contractor license bond is a compliance-and-protection guarantee running to City of Ashdown. It backs your promise to follow the city's building, permit, and contractor ordinances — and to make good on damage to public property or work left undone within the city.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier standing behind you, and the City of Ashdown (the obligee), with the city and harmed residents as the protected parties. If a contractor violates the city's contractor or permit rules and someone is harmed, 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 proper permits and finish their work treat the bond as a registration formality. The bond must stay on file as long as Ashdown requires it, so we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days before expiration.
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.