Clarendon Hills contractor bonds.
$100 flat.
The Village of Clarendon Hills, a DuPage County community on the Metra BNSF line, requires a contractor to file a $10,000 License and Permit Bond, payable to the Village, before it will issue a building permit. Ours is $100 flat — the price you see is the checkout price. The bond issues the moment you pay — a soft credit pull at most, never a hard inquiry. Illinois-licensed plumbers working under their state license are exempt from the local bond.
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Three steps. One sitting.
A small-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's the application — no financials, and a soft pull at most.
Pay & e-sign
Registration bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the Village
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Village of Clarendon Hills alongside your license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request — a copy or fax is accepted to issue the permit, but the signed original is required by mail.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Clarendon Hills is one of the many Illinois municipalities that does not rely on a statewide contractor license — Illinois does not license general contractors at the state level — and instead conditions its own contractor licensing on a $10,000 License and Permit Bond filed with the Village. No permit for work inside village limits is issued to an unlicensed, unbonded contractor, with an exemption for Illinois-licensed plumbers.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Village of Clarendon Hills (the obligee), with property owners and the Village itself as the protected parties. If a licensed contractor's work causes damage the licensing requirement is meant to guard against, 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 contractor license is a calendar-year license expiring December 31 regardless of the effective date you pick, so build that renewal date into your compliance calendar rather than assuming a one-year-from-purchase cycle.
You need this bond if you're
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — a soft pull at most, never a hard inquiry.
Start the application →Common questions.
Other Illinois bonds.
Clear Clarendon Hills's licensing desk today.
$100 flat, soft pull only, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.