Midlothian contractor license bonds.
$100 flat.
The Village of Midlothian's Building Department licenses every contractor and handyman who works in the Village — even where a permit is not otherwise required — and conditions that license on a $10,000 surety bond with sureties approved by the Board of Trustees. Ours is $100 flat.
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How much does a Midlothian contractor license bond cost?
$100 at the $10,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
A Village of Midlothian contractor license bond is about the simplest filing 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
Registration bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the Village
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Midlothian Building Department alongside your license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Midlothian licenses every contractor and handyman doing work in the Village — its Building Department requires the license even for jobs that would not otherwise need a permit. The license is conditioned on a $10,000 surety bond, with the surety subject to approval by the Board of Trustees, before the Building Department will issue it.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Village of Midlothian (the obligee), with the Village and harmed property owners as the protected parties. If a licensed contractor's work causes a loss the licensing ordinance is meant to guard against, a harmed party can recover against the bond up to the $10,000 penal sum.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Demolition and asbestos-removal contractors carry additional liability-insurance minimums beyond this bond; check with the Building Department on any class-specific requirements that apply to your trade.
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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 bond runs to December 31 whatever day you buy; the premium covers the period to that date.
Renewal falls on the statutory date, December 31, in the year your term ends.
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 the Village. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Midlothian Building Department alongside your license application. 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.
These are the actual issuing fields. No credit check.
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