Shorewood contractor bonds.
$100 flat.
The Village of Shorewood's Building Department requires a general contractor filing its Contractor's Registration Application to attach a $10,000 License & Permit surety bond made out to the Village — its published schedule sets $5,000 for a subcontractor and $50,000 for a wrecking contractor. Ours is $100 flat.
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How much does a Shorewood contractor bond cost?
$100 at the $10,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
A Shorewood general contractor registration 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 Building Department
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, made out to the Village of Shorewood, ready to attach to your Contractor’s Registration Application alongside your insurance certificate. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Shorewood, a Will County village, does not rely on a state-level contractor license — its Building Department conditions annual contractor registration on a signed License & Permit surety bond made out to the Village, alongside general liability, automobile, excess liability, and (where applicable) workers' compensation insurance. The Village's own registration form sets the bond at $10,000 for a general contractor, $5,000 for a subcontractor performing a single trade, and $50,000 for a wrecking contractor; a short list of trades that hold a State of Illinois contractor certificate — irrigation, roofing, plumbing, fire suppression, and fire alarm — are exempted from the bond, insurance, and fee requirement specifically.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Village of Shorewood (the obligee), with property owners and the Village's permit process as the protected interest. If a bonded contractor's work causes damage the registration requirement 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. Shorewood registrations run on a calendar year and expire December 31 (fees aren't prorated, and a registration submitted in the last quarter of the year runs through the following December 31), so we track your filing and notify you ahead of that date to keep it continuous.
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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.
Renewal falls on the statutory date, October 7, 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 Building Department. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, made out to the Village of Shorewood, ready to attach to your Contractor’s Registration Application alongside your insurance certificate. 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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