Hampton contractor bonds.
$100 flat.
The Village of Hampton requires a $10,000 surety bond from contractors before they pull a building permit inside village limits. Ours is $100 flat — the price you see at checkout is the price you pay, the same for every contractor. The application collects no credit information.
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Three steps. One sitting.
A village permit bond is among the simplest bonds we issue. Here is the whole process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date — that is the application. No financials, no credit section on this bond’s form.
Pay & e-sign
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 of Hampton
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your contractor permit application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
The Village of Hampton, a small Rock Island County community on the Mississippi, requires contractors performing work inside village limits to file a $10,000 surety bond before the village issues a building permit. There is no separate trade license behind the requirement — it is a permit-conditioned registration bond administered by the village clerk’s office.
It’s a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Village of Hampton (the obligee). The bond guarantees you’ll perform permitted work in compliance with village permit conditions and applicable building code — so Hampton isn’t left absorbing the cost of a job a contractor walked away from or performed out of code.
It is not insurance for you. If the Village makes a valid claim and the surety pays, you repay the surety. Contractors who close out their permits cleanly treat the bond as a filing formality, not a risk.
You need this bond if you are
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because this bond doesn’t have one.
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Finish your Hampton permit today.
$100 flat, soft pull only, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.