Berwyn wrecking contractor bonds.
$125 flat.
The City of Berwyn requires a wrecking or demolition contractor to file a $25,000 surety bond with the City's licensing office before it will issue a contractor license — and no building permit for demolition work follows without that license. Ours is $125 flat. No credit check, and most applications approve instantly.
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How much does a Berwyn wrecking contractor bond cost?
$125 at the $25,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
A demolition contractor license bond is about the simplest filing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
License 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 Berwyn's licensing office alongside your wrecking contractor license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Berwyn licenses wrecking and demolition contractors separately from general contractors, and conditions that license on a $25,000 surety bond filed with the City. No Berwyn building permit for demolition work is issued to an unbonded, unlicensed wrecking contractor.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Berwyn (the obligee), with property owners, neighboring structures, and the public as the protected parties. If licensed demolition work damages property or a person the City's licensing requirement was meant to protect, a harmed party can recover against the bond up to the $25,000 penal sum.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The bond must stay active for the life of your wrecking contractor license, so we track it and notify you before renewal.
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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 $25,000 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.
Renewal falls on the statutory date, October 7, in the year your term ends.
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 Berwyn's licensing office alongside your wrecking contractor license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $125 at the $25,000 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.
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Finish your Berwyn wrecking contractor license.
$125 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.