Glenwood contractor bonds.
$100 flat.
Every contractor or contracting company doing work in the Village of Glenwood must register with the Building Department and file a minimum $10,000 surety performance bond. 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 contractor registration 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
Registration 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 executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Glenwood Building Department alongside your contractor registration and liability certificate. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Glenwood is a home-rule Illinois village, and like most Illinois municipalities it does not rely on a statewide contractor license — its Building Department requires every contractor or contracting company wishing to do work in the village to register, which includes posting a minimum $10,000 surety performance bond alongside a general liability and property damage policy of at least $300,000 per occurrence and $600,000 aggregate.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Village of Glenwood (the obligee), with property owners and the Village itself as the protected parties. If a bonded contractor's work causes damage the registration requirement is meant to guard against, a harmed party can recover against the bond up to the penal sum.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Illinois-licensed plumbers have the registration fee waived, though registration itself still applies; certain service, rug-cleaning, and pest-control companies are excluded from the definition of 'contractor' entirely under the Village's posted rule.
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.