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 $600 flat — 3% of the bond amount, the same for every contractor. The application is five minutes.
















A municipal license bond is the simplest thing in surety. Here's the whole process:
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
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.
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.
$20,000 bond × 3% = $600, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
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.
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.
$600 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.