The Village of Franklin Park requires every licensed and sub-contractor to file a $10,000 license and permit bond specific to their trade with the Department of Inspectional Services before the annual contractor license issues. The village sets the bond amount; our rate is 0.5% of the bond amount, $100 minimum, and the application collects no credit information.
















No underwriting queue for the standard village contractor bond — apply, pay, and file with Inspectional Services. Here is the whole thing:
Your business details, your contractor type, and an effective date — the bond amount is already set at $10,000.
The application collects no credit information, so most contractor bonds like this issue the moment you pay.
Submit the executed bond and power of attorney with your annual contractor license application, attention the Department of Inspectional Services. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The Village of Franklin Park licenses contractors annually — the license year runs May 1 through April 30 — through its Department of Inspectional Services. Every contractor and sub-contractor, other than demolition contractors, files a $10,000 license and permit bond specific to the trade they perform, alongside a certificate of liability insurance covering at least $1,000,000.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Village of Franklin Park (the obligee), with the village and harmed property owners as the protected parties. If a contractor's work fails to meet code or leaves covered obligations unpaid, the village or a harmed party can look to the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. A demolition contractor instead posts a $50,000 bond, and a plumbing contractor separately files a $20,000 Illinois Department of Public Health bond in place of this one.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because this application doesn't collect credit information.
Start the application →0.5% of the bond amount, $100 minimum, soft pull only, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.