New Castle County utility bonds.
$250 flat.
New Castle County requires every outside utility contractor — water, sewer, and underground utility work — to file a fixed $50,000 bond with the Department of Land Use as a condition of the license. Ours is $250 flat — the price you see is the checkout price. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit review of any kind, not even a soft pull.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Contractor license bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit section, no follow-up scavenger hunt. If a check ever runs, it's a soft pull that won't touch your score.
Pay & e-sign
Contractor 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 Department of Land Use
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your New Castle County outside utility license application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
New Castle County licenses outside utility contractors — water-main, sewer-main, and underground utility installers — through its Department of Land Use, and conditions the license on a statutory compliance bond. The bond is a code-compliance guarantee: it stands behind your compliance with the New Castle County Building Code and the Delaware laws governing utility work in the public right-of-way.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier standing behind you, and New Castle County (the obligee), with the public protected. If a licensed contractor violates the code or the County’s contractor ordinance and someone is harmed, they can recover against the bond.
The bond must stay active for the life of your license. New Castle County contractor bonds run on a statutory January 1 renewal, so we track the date and notify you 60 and 30 days out, keeping your $50,000 filing continuous.
You need this bond if you're
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — the application collects no credit information at all.
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$250 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.