Idaho licenses well drillers through the Department of Water Resources under Idaho Code § 42-238, and conditions the license on a surety bond payable to the Director. The Director sets the amount; we issue it at a flat 3% with no credit check.
















No underwriting queue for the standard driller bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the Department of Water Resources. Here is the whole thing:
Your business details, the bond amount the Director set, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
No credit check and no waiting — the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay. Larger amounts may get a quick review.
Submit the executed bond with your driller license application or renewal. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the Department insists on them.
Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time, $275 minimum. Enter the figure the Director set and the premium updates.
Idaho licenses well drillers and equipment operators through the Department of Water Resources under Idaho Code § 42-238, with the driller-licensing rules in IDAPA 37.03.10. A licensed company must post a surety bond payable to the Director, covering each driller it licenses.
The bond protects the state's groundwater and the public against substandard work. Under the statute, the Department can charge against the bond the cost of data collection, and the cost of repairing, reconstructing, or abandoning a well, up to the full penal sum, when a driller fails to construct a well to standard.
The amount is set by the Director within the limits of § 42-238 — there is no single fixed figure for every driller. Enter the amount on your license materials and we issue the bond at a flat 3% with no credit check; if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety.
Submit the application with the bond amount the Director set — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file with the Department of Water Resources.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
Five-minute application, flat 3%, $275 minimum. Enter the amount the Director set and file the same day.