East Moline contractor bonds.
$100 flat.
The City of East Moline requires anyone who wants to build, remodel, or perform trade work in the city — concrete, demolition, electrical, fire sprinkler, general contracting, HVAC, and roofing among them — to register with the Inspection Department and file a $10,000 compliance bond. Ours is $100 flat — the price you see is the checkout price.
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How much does an East Moline contractor bond cost?
$100 at the $10,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
An East Moline compliance bond is one of the simpler filings in city permitting. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Compliance bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the Inspection Department
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with East Moline's Inspection Department alongside your annual contractor registration, which renews each June 1. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
East Moline's Inspection Department registers contractors — general, electrical, HVAC, roofing, fire sprinkler, concrete and masonry, and demolition among the trades covered — before they may pull permits in the city, and East Moline Municipal Code § 4-1-2 conditions that registration on a $10,000 compliance bond. The bond is conditioned on the contractor's faithful compliance with the city's building and permitting requirements.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of East Moline (the obligee), with the city and affected property owners as the protected parties. If a contractor's work violates the registration conditions or causes covered harm, 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. East Moline contractor registrations run on an annual cycle effective June 1, so we track the renewal and notify you ahead of it to keep the $10,000 bond 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 $10,000 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 Inspection Department. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with East Moline's Inspection Department alongside your annual contractor registration, which renews each June 1. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $10,000 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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File your East Moline compliance bond today.
$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.