Springfield contractor license bonds.
$125 flat.
The City of Springfield's Building and Zoning Department requires a $5,000 surety bond, made out in your business name and in favor of the City, filed with every contractor license application or renewal. Ours is $125 flat — the price you see is the checkout price. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit check.
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How much does a Springfield contractor license bond cost?
$125 at the $5,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
A city contractor license 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 Building and Zoning
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email in original form, ready to submit with your Springfield contractor license application or renewal at 300 South 7th Street, Room 304. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
The City of Springfield's Building and Zoning Department conditions a contractor license — including its mechanical contractor registration track — on an original $5,000 surety bond issued in the applicant's business name and made out to the City of Springfield. The City is explicit that the bond must be an original document, not a photocopy, submitted with the application.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Springfield (the obligee), with property owners and the City as the protected parties. 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 $5,000 penal sum.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Springfield's bond runs to the end of the calendar year rather than a full year from your purchase date, so it renews on the City's cycle alongside your license.
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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 bond runs to December 31 whatever day you buy; the premium covers the period to that date.
Renewal falls on the statutory date, December 31, 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 Building and Zoning. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email in original form, ready to submit with your Springfield contractor license application or renewal at 300 South 7th Street, Room 304. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $125 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.
These are the actual issuing fields. No credit check.
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$125 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.