IL plumbing contractor bonds.
$600. LLC form.
Illinois requires a registered plumbing contractor to file a $20,000 surety bond with the Department of Public Health. This is the limited liability company version of that bond — ours is $600 flat, 3% of the bond amount, with no credit check.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Plumbing contractor 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 check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
Contractor license bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the Department of Public Health
Your executed bond (state form IL 482-0689) arrives by email, ready to file with your plumbing contractor registration. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$20,000 bond × 3% = $600, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it. The bond carries a statutory 9/30 renewal date.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Illinois regulates plumbing under the Illinois Plumbing License Law (225 ILCS 320), administered by the Department of Public Health. A registered plumbing contractor must file a $20,000 surety bond as a condition of registration — this entry is the limited liability company version of the bond form.
The bond is a consumer-protection guarantee: it provides reimbursement if a person is injured or suffers financial loss as a result of a plumbing contractor's work that does not comply with the Illinois Plumbing Code. You are the principal, the surety carrier stands behind you, and the State of Illinois is the obligee, with harmed customers protected.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The bond must stay active for the life of your registration, so we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out, keeping your $20,000 filing continuous.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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Finish your plumbing registration today.
$600 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.