CT nonresident contractor bonds.
Flat 3%. Enter your amount.
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. We issue it at a flat 3% with no credit check.
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No underwriting queue for the standard verification bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with DRS. Here is the whole thing:
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Your business details, the project, and the bond amount (5% of the contract price) — that is the entire application.
Issued on the spot
No credit check and no waiting — the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay. Larger amounts may get a quick review.
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.
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Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time, $275 minimum. Bond amount is 5% of the contract price — enter it and the premium updates.
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, at a flat 3% with no credit check. If you do many Connecticut jobs, ask DRS about becoming verified.
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Five minutes, 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.
Five-minute application, flat 3%, $275 minimum. Enter 5% of your contract price and file with DRS the same day.