The City of Cordele requires a fixed $5,000 bond as a condition of its master-plumber license. Ours is $275 flat — the minimum premium, since 3% of $5,000 ($150) falls below it. The application is five minutes, with no credit check on this bond.
















Trade license bonds are among the simplest in surety. Here is the entire process:
Business details and an effective date. That is the application — no financials, no credit check section.
Small license bonds like this issue right after purchase for the great majority of applicants. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with the City of Cordele with your master-plumber license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
$5,000 bond × 3% = $150, but our minimum premium is $275 — so it’s $275 per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
A master plumber bond is a code-compliance and workmanship guarantee to the city. The City of Cordele requires it of licensed master plumbers so the City has a financial backstop that plumbing work is done to code and in line with the City’s ordinance.
It’s a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Cordele (the obligee). If a master plumber’s defective or non-conforming work violates the City’s plumbing code and someone is harmed, the City or the harmed party can recover against the bond up to its $5,000 limit.
It is not insurance for you — if the City recovers against the bond, you repay the surety. Master plumbers who pull permits and pass inspection treat the bond as a license formality. The bond must stay active for the life of your license; we notify you 60 and 30 days out.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn’t have one.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.