Glendale Heights contractor bonds.
$100 flat.
The Village of Glendale Heights, a DuPage County community, requires a general, plumbing, or sewer contractor to file a $20,000 license and permit bond with the Department of Community Development before the Village will issue a construction permit. Ours is $100 flat — the price you see is the checkout price. The bond issues the moment you pay — a soft credit pull at most, never a hard inquiry.
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Three steps. One sitting.
A village license and permit bond is about the simplest filing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit section.
Pay & e-sign
License and permit bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the Village
Your original, signed bond arrives by email, ready to file with the Village of Glendale Heights Department of Community Development ahead of your construction permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Glendale Heights is a home-rule Illinois village, and like most Illinois villages it does not rely on a statewide contractor license — its Department of Community Development requires a $20,000 license and permit bond, on file with the Village, before it will issue a construction permit to a general, plumbing, or sewer contractor. Electricians and plumbers already licensed elsewhere are exempt from the Village license itself, but must still submit their outside registration, a Village contractor license application, and the corresponding surety or license permit bond.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Village of Glendale Heights (the obligee), with property owners and the Village itself as the protected parties. If a bonded contractor's work causes damage the Village's licensing requirement is meant to guard against, a harmed party can recover against the bond up to the $20,000 penal sum.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. We track your term and notify you before renewal so your original bond stays on file with the Village.
You need this bond if you're
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because this application doesn't collect credit information.
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$100 flat, soft pull only, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.