Savannah license/permit bonds.
$100 flat.
Certain regulated business tax certificate categories in Savannah require a $2,000 license and permit bond before the city's Revenue Department will issue the certificate — the exact category is named on your application. Ours is $100 flat, and the price you see is the checkout price.
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How much does a Savannah license/permit bond cost?
$100 at the $2,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
A Savannah license/permit bond is about the simplest filing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details, the type of license or permit you're applying for, and an effective date. That's the application.
Pay & e-sign
Bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the City
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with Savannah's Revenue Department alongside your business tax certificate application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
The City of Savannah's Revenue Department administers business tax certificates for a wide range of business, occupation, and professional categories, and conditions certain regulated categories on a $2,000 surety bond before it issues or renews the certificate. This entry covers that general license/permit filing — the specific license type you're applying for is named on the application.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Savannah (the obligee), with the public as the protected party. If a bonded business fails to comply with the license or permit conditions the city attached to its certificate, a harmed party can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Because we could not verify a single, publicly current code section covering every category this bond applies to, we frame the requirement by department rather than by ordinance number; confirm the exact category and any code citation with Savannah's Revenue Department before filing.
You need this bond if you're
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 $2,000 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; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
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
File with the City. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with Savannah's Revenue Department alongside your business tax certificate application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $2,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
No credit check.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields, including the type of license you’re applying for.
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$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.