Georgia installation provider bonds.
From $100.
Flooring contractors post this private surety bond to join Lumber Liquidators, Inc.’s installation program; it is not a Georgia license bond. The retailer is the obligee, and the penal sum comes from your installation provider agreement rather than any Georgia statute. Premiums cost 0.5% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
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How much does a Georgia installation provider bond cost?
0.5% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
Retailer onboarding tends to be the slow part. The bond is not:
Apply online
Your company details, the bond amount your agreement names, and an effective date — that is the application. No credit check up to $100,000.
Pay & e-sign
The premium is priced at the application off the amount you enter, so there is no quote round-trip. The executed bond and power of attorney generate as soon as payment clears.
Send it to the program
Your bond arrives by email, ready to upload to the vendor onboarding portal or send to your program contact. Nothing gets filed with a Georgia agency. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the installation provider bond actually guarantees
A national flooring retailer sells the material and then subcontracts the labor to independent installers in each market. The retailer keeps the customer relationship and the warranty exposure, so it wants recourse if an installer damages a home, abandons a job, or ignores the agreement it signed. That recourse is this bond — a three-party arrangement between the installer (the principal), the surety carrier, and Lumber Liquidators, Inc. as the obligee. There is no Georgia agency in the chain at all.
The bond typically guarantees that the installation provider will comply with the conditions of the signed installation provider agreement and with the state and local laws that govern the work. It is not a consumer license bond, it is not recorded with a clerk, and it is not filed with the Secretary of State — the retailer holds it and the retailer is the party that would proceed on it. It is not insurance for you: if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The penal sum is the surety’s ceiling, not money you deposit.
It also does not replace anything Georgia requires of you separately. Georgia licenses residential and general contractors through the State Licensing Board for Residential and General Contractors under O.C.G.A. Chapter 43-41, and O.C.G.A. § 43-41-17 exempts recognized specialty trade contractors performing work inside their specialty — the category flooring and floor-covering work normally falls into. That exemption does not reach work licensed separately under O.C.G.A. Chapter 43-14 (electrical, plumbing, conditioned air, low-voltage), and it does not touch the county or city occupational tax certificate you need to operate locally. Confirm your own classification with the board. One more thing worth knowing: the business traded as LL Flooring until it was sold in 2024 and reverted to the Lumber Liquidators name, so confirm current program terms and the bond amount with your onboarding contact before you buy.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
Pay & e-sign. The premium is priced at the application off the amount you enter, so there is no quote round-trip. The executed bond and power of attorney generate as soon as payment clears.
What sets the price
The premium is 0.5% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
No credit check up to $100,000. Above that, the carrier may run a soft pull, which never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, priced at checkout.
These are the actual issuing fields — company details, the bond amount your agreement names, and an effective date. No credit check up to $100,000, and your exact price appears here.
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Get approved as an installation provider.
Enter the bond amount your agreement names and your exact price appears at the application. Free until issued.