Evanston, IL drainlayer bonds.
0.5% of the bond amount.
To be a certified drainlayer licensed to open streets and connect to the sewer system in Evanston, the city's Building & Inspection Services Division requires a surety bond, typically posted at $10,000. Premiums cost 0.5% of the bond amount, $100 minimum; the application collects no credit information, and most applications approve instantly.
Trusted by industry leaders
Apply to filed in one sitting.
This is a licensing filing with Building & Inspection Services, not a state licensing queue — it moves at the speed of your paperwork. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount your certification requires, and an effective date. No financials, no credit section.
Pay & e-sign
Drainlayer license bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. The application collects no credit information, and most applications approve instantly.
Send it to Building & Inspection Services
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to submit with the rest of your Evanston drainlayer certification. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the Evanston drainlayer bond actually guarantees
A drainlayer opens city streets and connects private drains and sewer laterals to Evanston's public sewer system — work that, done badly, can damage public infrastructure or contaminate the water supply. The city's Building & Inspection Services Division licenses (certifies) drainlayers, and conditions that certification on a surety bond.
The bond backs the city's ability to hold a certified drainlayer to Evanston's plumbing and excavation standards. The principal is your business, the surety is the carrier, and the obligee is the City of Evanston. If a certified drainlayer damages a city street, a sewer main, or otherwise fails to comply with the terms of certification, the city can look to the bond.
It is not insurance for you. A surety bond is a credit instrument: if the carrier pays a claim, you reimburse the carrier. Evanston's standard drainlayer bond amount is $10,000; confirm your exact figure and any renewal requirements with Building & Inspection Services, and we price the bond from a $100 minimum with no credit section in the application.
You need this bond if you are
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields, including your bond amount — no credit section, because this application does not collect credit information.
Start the application →Common questions.
Other Illinois bonds.
Get your drainlayer certification moving.
From $100, no credit section, bond issued the moment you pay. Enter your certification's bond amount. Free until issued.