Shorewood subcontractor bonds.
$100 flat.
The Village of Shorewood, a Will County community along the Des Plaines River, requires any subcontractor performing trade work in the village — plumbing, electrical, and similar single-trade work — to register with the Building Department on a $5,000 surety bond. Ours is $100 flat. No credit check, and most applicants approve instantly.
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How much does a Shorewood subcontractor bond cost?
$100 at the $5,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
A subcontractor 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, ready to file with Shorewood's Building Department alongside your contractor registration application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Shorewood requires every contractor working in the village to register with the Building Department, and splits the bond amount by scope of work: a general contractor — one who uses trades or subcontractors to complete a project — files a $10,000 bond, while a subcontractor who performs only one type of trade work, such as plumbing or electrical, files the lower $5,000 bond.
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 building code as the protected interest. If a bonded subcontractor's work causes damage the registration requirement is meant to guard against, a harmed party can recover against the bond up to the $5,000 penal sum.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Registrations expire on a calendar-year basis, so we track your renewal and notify you 60 and 30 days out to keep the $5,000 filing 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 $5,000 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, ready to file with Shorewood's Building Department alongside your contractor registration application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $5,000 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.