Cicero contractor license bonds.
$125 flat.
Cicero's Business License Department requires a surety bond before it licenses a contractor or issues a work permit. Most trades need $10,000, and excavation, wrecking, demolition and tank work need $20,000. This form is $25,000, so most contractors should file the $10,000 Cicero contractor bond instead. Ours is $125 flat.
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How much does a Cicero contractor license bond cost?
$125 at the $25,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
A Cicero 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 the Business License Department
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file at 4949 W. Cermak Rd. alongside your contractor license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Cicero, a home-rule municipality bordering Chicago's Near West Side, licenses contractors through its Business License Department before any general or specialty contractor may work in the Town or pull a permit. Licensing is conditioned on the contractor first filing a surety bond — the code sets it at $10,000 for most trades and $20,000 for excavation, wrecking, demolition and tank work; this form is written at $25,000 — with the Town.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Town of Cicero (the obligee), with property owners and the Town itself as the protected parties. If a licensed contractor's work causes damage or leaves a covered obligation unpaid, a harmed party can look to the bond up to its penal sum.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Cicero licenses contractors across several classes, and some trades — excavation, wrecking, tank installation, and demolition — are known to file at a different bond amount than a standard specialty or general filing, so confirm which class applies to your work before you apply.
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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 term is set on the carrier’s application; the premium covers the period shown there.
Renewal falls on the statutory date, June 30, 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 Business License Department. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file at 4949 W. Cermak Rd. alongside your 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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$125 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.