Dixon contractor license bonds.
$100 flat.
The City of Dixon requires a contractor to file a $15,000 surety bond before it issues a contractor license — Dixon City Code § 7-1-9 fixes the amount, and it recognizes a reciprocal registration shared with Rock Falls and Sterling. Ours is $100 flat — the price you see is the checkout price.
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How much does a Dixon contractor license bond cost?
$100 at the $15,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
A Dixon contractor bond is about the simplest filing in city licensing. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the city
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Dixon Building and Zoning Department alongside your contractor license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
The City of Dixon's Building and Zoning Department licenses contractors performing construction, remodeling, and related trade work in the city, and Dixon City Code § 7-1-9 conditions that license on a $15,000 surety bond running to the City of Dixon. Dixon also recognizes a reciprocal option shared with the neighboring cities of Rock Falls and Sterling, so a contractor who files the larger tri-city bond need not file separately in each city.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Dixon (the obligee), with the city and property owners as the protected parties. If a contractor's work causes covered harm or fails to comply with the city's licensing terms, the city or a harmed party can make a claim against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The bond must stay in force for the life of your Dixon contractor license, so we track it and notify you ahead of renewal to keep the $15,000 filing continuous.
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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 $15,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The 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. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Dixon Building and Zoning Department alongside your contractor license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $15,000 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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File your Dixon contractor bond today.
$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.