South Holland contractor bonds.
$100 flat.
Also known as the South Holland, Illinois Contractor License Bond.
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.
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How much does a South Holland contractor bond cost?
$100 at the $10,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
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 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 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.
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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.
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 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 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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$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.