Connecticut nonresident contractor bonds.
From $100.
When an out-of-state contractor works a Connecticut job, the Department of Revenue Services wants assurance the state’s taxes get paid. An unverified nonresident prime or general contractor files a bond on form AU-964 equal to 5% of the contract price. The premium is 0.5% of the bond amount, $100 minimum — no credit check up to $100,000.
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How much does a Connecticut nonresident 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.
No underwriting queue for the standard verification bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with DRS. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the project, and the bond amount (5% of the contract price) — that is the application.
Issued on the spot
No credit check up to $100,000.
File with DRS
Submit the executed bond on form AU-964 to the Department of Revenue Services for the project. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists on them.
What it is and who needs it.
What the verification bond actually covers
Connecticut’s sales and use tax law, C.G.S. 12-430(7), creates two classes of nonresident contractor: verified and unverified. The bond is the unverified contractor’s path — it secures the sales, use, and withholding taxes the state could otherwise pursue on the job, and it protects the person who hired the contractor from being held liable for those taxes.
An unverified nonresident prime or general contractor files a surety bond with DRS on form AU-964 equal to 5% of the total contract price. The requirement applies to nonresident contractor projects, generally those over $250,000. A nonresident contractor can instead become verified with DRS and avoid filing a per-job bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays the state, you repay the surety. We issue the AU-964 bond at the amount your contract requires; pricing starts from $100 and no credit check up to $100,000. If you do many Connecticut jobs, ask DRS about becoming verified.
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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 DRS. Submit the executed bond on form AU-964 to the Department of Revenue Services for the project. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists on them.
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 $100,000. 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.
Submit the application with your bond amount (5% of the contract price) — the executed AU-964 bond is generated instantly, ready to file with DRS.
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Nonresident contractor bond, issued today.
Pricing from $100. Enter 5% of your contract price and file with DRS the same day.