The Village of East Hazel Crest requires a contractor to file a $10,000 surety bond as part of its contractor business license application — ours is $100 flat, and the price you see is the checkout price. The application includes a credit consent, but it authorizes a soft pull only — never a hard inquiry.
















Small-village contractor bonds are about the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no lengthy underwriting file.
Bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your East Hazel Crest permit application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
East Hazel Crest is a small Cook County village that requires contractors to hold a village business license before working in town. The license application conditions that license on a $10,000 surety bond that stands behind the contractor's compliance with the village's business and permit requirements.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Village of East Hazel Crest (the obligee), with the village and harmed property owners as the protected parties. If a contractor's work causes covered damage or leaves permit conditions unmet, the village can present a claim against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Because East Hazel Crest is a small village, we could not locate a codified ordinance number for this requirement; we've confirmed the bond amount and filing requirement directly from the Village's business license application instead of guessing at a citation.
These are the actual issuing fields — a short business application with a soft-pull credit consent, nothing more.
Start the application →$100 flat, soft pull only, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.