Brookfield contractor license bonds.
$100 flat.
The Village of Brookfield's Community Development Department requires every contractor and subcontractor doing work in the Village to file a signed original License and Permit Bond in the sum of $10,000 before a permit is issued. Ours is $100 flat — the price you see is the checkout price, and no credit check.
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How much does a Brookfield contractor license bond cost?
$100 at the $10,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
A Village 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
Registration bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with Community Development
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file through Cloudpermit alongside your contractor license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
The Village of Brookfield requires every contractor and subcontractor doing work in the Village to obtain a Village of Brookfield contractor license, and licensing is conditioned on filing a signed original License and Permit Bond in the sum of $10,000 with the Community Development Department, alongside a Certificate of Insurance naming the Village as certificate holder.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Village of Brookfield (the obligee), with property owners and the Village as the protected parties. If a licensed contractor's work causes damage or leaves a covered obligation unpaid, a harmed party can recover against the bond up to the $10,000 penal sum.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The Village's license fee (typically $150) is separate from the bond premium, and specific trades carry additional state or approved-municipality licensing: roofers need a State of Illinois Roofing License, plumbers need a State of Illinois or City of Chicago Plumbing License, and electrical contractors need a license from a testing municipality the Village approves.
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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 $10,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The bond runs to December 31 whatever day you buy; the premium covers the period to that date.
Renewal falls on the statutory date, December 31, 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 Community Development. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file through Cloudpermit alongside your contractor license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $10,000 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. No credit check.
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$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.