Highland Park contractor bonds.
$100 flat.
The City of Highland Park's Community Development Building Division requires a $10,000 surety bond to license a general contractor to work in the city — ours is $100 flat, and the price you see is the checkout price. No credit check.
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How much does a Highland Park contractor bond cost?
$100 at the $10,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
Municipal contractor license bonds are about the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with Community Development
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your Highland Park general contractor license application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
The City of Highland Park licenses general contractors through its Community Development Building Division, and licensing is conditioned on a $10,000 surety bond incorporating the City's own bond rider language. The license also requires a certificate of general liability insurance naming the City as additional insured.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Highland Park (the obligee), with property owners and the City as the protected parties. The bond protects against a licensed contractor's failure to follow local codes and complete permitted work to Highland Park's building standards.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Because the City requires its own bond rider language incorporated into the instrument, we issue this bond with the City of Highland Park rider built in — no separate rider request needed.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the $10,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
File with Community Development. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your Highland Park general contractor license application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $10,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
No credit check.
One application, issued instantly.
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$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.