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. The application collects no credit information.
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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's the application — no financials, no credit section.
Pay & e-sign
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
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.
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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Get licensed in Highland Park today.
$100 flat, soft pull only, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.