Chicago wrecking restoration bonds.
$100 flat.
Alongside the main $20,000 or $40,000 wrecking bond, Chicago requires a separate $500 bond guaranteeing the site is restored and leveled once a demolition is finished. Ours is $100 flat, and the price you see is the checkout price. No credit check.
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How much does a Chicago wrecking restoration bond cost?
$100 at the $500 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
A restoration bond is about the simplest filing in the demolition permit stack. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Small fixed bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the City Clerk
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with the City Clerk alongside your main wrecking bond. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Chicago's Building Code conditions a wrecking permit on more than just the main $20,000 or $40,000 demolition bond — it also requires a separate $500 bond that specifically guarantees the site is restored and leveled once the wrecking is complete, rather than left as an open lot with debris or an unsafe grade.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Chicago (the obligee), protecting neighboring property owners and the public from an unfinished demolition site. If the site isn't restored and leveled as required, the City can draw against this bond to complete the work.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Because it rides alongside the main wrecking bond, we typically write both together, but each is its own filing with its own term.
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 $500 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 Clerk. Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with the City Clerk alongside your main wrecking bond. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $500 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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Close out your wrecking permit paperwork.
$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.