Denver special contractor bonds.
$300 flat. Five minutes.
Denver's Community Planning and Development (CPD) conditions a special contractor license — for traffic-control devices, lighting, fencing, water lines, sprinkler systems, and similar work in the public right-of-way — on a $10,000 surety bond. Ours is $300 flat, a clean 3% of the bond.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Contractor license bonds are simple. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section.
Pay & e-sign
Fixed contractor license bonds like this issue right after purchase for most applicants. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with Community Planning & Development
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your Denver special contractor license application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$10,000 bond × 3% = $300, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Denver's Community Planning and Development (CPD) department licenses contractors, and conditions the special contractor license on a $10,000 surety bond. A special contractor installs traffic-control devices, lighting, fencing, water lines, sprinkler systems, and similar items not covered by other license classes — much of it in the public right-of-way.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City and County of Denver (the obligee). The bond stands behind your compliance with Denver's building and right-of-way rules and your restoration of any public property you disturb.
It is not insurance for you. If the surety pays the City on a valid claim, you repay the surety. Contractors who pull proper permits and restore the right-of-way treat the bond as a license formality.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
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If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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Get your Denver special contractor license moving.
$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.