Cobb County contractor code bonds.
$300. Five minutes.
Cobb County, Georgia requires contractors to file a $10,000 code compliance bond as a condition of pulling permits and building to the county code through Cobb County Community Development. Ours is $300 flat — exactly 3% of the bond amount — and the application is five minutes.
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Three steps. One sitting.
County contractor bonds are about the simplest thing in surety. Here is the whole process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date — that is the application. No financials and no credit check section for a fixed county contractor bond like this.
Pay & e-sign
Fixed county bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with Cobb County
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with Cobb County Community Development to keep your permit-pulling privileges. 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
A contractor code compliance bond is a code-and-permit guarantee for the county. Cobb County conditions a contractor's permit-pulling privileges on this bond so there is a financial backstop that the work you permit will meet the county building code and the conditions of the permits you pull.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier standing behind you, and Cobb County (the obligee). If you violate the county code or leave permitted work unfinished or out of compliance, the county or a harmed party can recover against the bond up to the $10,000 penal sum.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Contractors who build to code and close out their permits treat the bond as a license formality, not a risk.
You need this bond if you are
Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this fixed county 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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Keep your Cobb County permit privileges current.
$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.