City of Warren contractor bonds.
From $100.
Also known as the Warren, Arkansas Contractor License Bond.
The City of Warren requires a contractor to post a surety bond as a condition of working inside city limits — the filing goes to the city, alongside the Building & Codes Department permit paperwork at 104 N. Myrtle. The city sets the amount; enter the figure your paperwork names and the premium is 0.5% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
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How much does a City of Warren contractor bond cost?
0.5% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
A city contractor bond is one of the simplest things in surety — enter the amount, pay, and walk it into City Hall. Here is the entire process:
Apply online
Your business details, your contractor type, the bond amount the city set, and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check up to $500,000. Above that, the carrier may run a soft pull, which never affects your score.
Issued on the spot
The application returns your exact price at 0.5% of the bond amount, $100 minimum. Pay and the executed bond is generated on the spot. Unusually large amounts may draw a quick review first.
File with the City of Warren
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to hand to the Building & Codes Department with your registration or permit application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Warren is the seat of Bradley County in southeast Arkansas, and like most Arkansas cities it runs its own contractor registration and permitting on top of whatever the state requires. Permits and inspections are handled by the Building & Codes Department at 104 N. Myrtle, and the city separately levies an annual privilege license tax on trades and businesses operating in town, collected in the City Clerk’s office in the Municipal Building.
The bond is a compliance guarantee, not a warranty of your workmanship. It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Warren (the obligee). If you work without the permits the city requires, abandon an excavation or a street cut, damage city property, or otherwise breach the ordinances governing contractors, the city — or a party the bond protects — can make a claim against it.
It is not insurance for you. If the surety pays a valid claim, you reimburse the surety. Keep the bond continuous for as long as your registration is active: a lapse can stop your permits mid-job. We track the expiry and prompt you 60 and 30 days out. Note that this city bond is in addition to any Arkansas Contractors Licensing Board requirement — the state licenses commercial work at $50,000 and up and residential building above $2,000, each with its own $10,000 bond.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
File with the City of Warren. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to hand to the Building & Codes Department with your registration or permit application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is 0.5% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
No credit check up to $500,000. Above that, the carrier may run a soft pull, which never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued on the spot.
These are the actual issuing fields — your contractor type, the amount the city set, and an effective date. No credit check up to $500,000. Above that, the carrier may run a soft pull, which never affects your score.
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Warren contractor bond, filed today.
Premiums from $100 at 0.5% of the bond amount. Enter the figure the city set and file the same day. Free until issued.