Arvada municipal contractor bonds.
$100. Five minutes.
The City of Arvada requires a $20,000 municipal contractors license bond before its Engineering Department issues a license for public-improvement work. Ours is $100 flat — set by our carrier's rate book for this bond, the same for every contractor. The application is five minutes.
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Three steps. One sitting.
A municipal license bond is the simplest thing in surety. Here's the whole process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. The application collects no credit information — most applications approve instantly.
Pay & e-sign
Small fixed-amount 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 Engineering Department
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the City of Arvada with your contractor license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the Arvada bond actually guarantees
The City of Arvada licenses contractors who perform public-improvement work — construction, reconstruction, or remodeling tied to city infrastructure — through its Engineering Department, and conditions that license on a $20,000 surety bond.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Arvada (the obligee). The bond protects the city against the use of inferior material and workmanship, and against damages from disregard of city codes and regulations.
The bond stays effective during the license and for one year after it is issued. Let your bond lapse and the city can hold the license — so we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out, keeping your filing continuous.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — the application collects no credit information, and most applications approve instantly.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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$100 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.