New Castle County sewer bonds.
$300. Five minutes.
New Castle County requires every sewer and drain cleaner to file a fixed $10,000 bond with the Department of Land Use as a condition of the license — ours is $300 flat, which is 3% of the bond amount. The application is five minutes, and contractor license bonds like this issue fast.
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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 check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
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 sewer and drain cleaner 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
New Castle County licenses sewer and drain cleaners 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 that govern sewer and drain work.
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 cleaner violates the building 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 $10,000 filing continuous.
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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.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.