Cicero wrecking contractor bonds.
$100 flat.
The Town of Cicero's Business License Department sets a higher bond for the riskier end of contracting — an excavating, wrecking, tank installation, or demolition contractor files a $20,000 surety bond before Cicero will issue a business license, rather than the $10,000 required of a general contractor. Ours is $100 flat.
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How much does a Cicero wrecking contractor bond cost?
$100 at the $20,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
A Cicero contractor 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 Cicero
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Business License Department alongside your contractor license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Illinois does not license general contractors at the state level, so the Town of Cicero conditions its own business license on a surety bond — and sets a higher $20,000 amount for the contracting classes it treats as higher-risk: excavating, wrecking, tank installation, and tank removal. A standard specialty or general contractor in Cicero files a $10,000 bond instead.
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 as the protected parties. If a bonded contractor's work causes damage the licensing ordinance is meant to guard against, a harmed party can recover against the bond up to the $20,000 penal sum.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. If your work later shifts away from excavating, wrecking, or tank work, ask Cicero's Business License Department whether the standard $10,000 contractor bond now applies instead.
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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 $20,000 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 Cicero. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Business License Department alongside your contractor license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $20,000 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.