South Holland contractor bonds.
$100 flat.
The Village of South Holland, a south suburban Cook County community, requires every contractor doing work in the village — general contractors, roofers, electricians, HVAC, and landscapers among them — to be bonded, licensed, and insured through its Community Development Department, on a $10,000 surety bond. Ours is $100 flat — the price you see is the checkout price. The application collects no credit information, and most applicants approve instantly.
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Three steps. One sitting.
A village contractor bond is about the simplest filing 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
Registration bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with Code Enforcement
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with South Holland's Community Development Department. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
South Holland requires that every contractor performing work in the village — general contractors, roofers, electricians, HVAC installers, and landscapers among the trades named by the village — be bonded, licensed, and insured before Code Enforcement will issue a building permit, on a $10,000 surety bond. Plumbing contractors are exempt from the bond and insurance requirement; they instead show a current Illinois Department of Public Health plumbing license.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Village of South Holland (the obligee), with property owners and the village's building code as the protected interest. If a bonded contractor's work causes damage the licensing 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. Registration runs one year from the date the Village receives your payment and insurance documents, so we track your renewal and notify you 60 and 30 days out to keep the $10,000 filing continuous.
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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$100 flat, soft pull only, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.