Stickney contractor license bonds.
$100 flat.
The Village of Stickney, a Cook County community along the Stevenson Expressway, requires any contractor performing work within its limits to be licensed, bonded, and insured — which starts with a $10,000 surety bond. Ours is $100 flat. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit check.
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How much does a Stickney contractor license bond cost?
$100 at the $10,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
A small-village 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 Village
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with Stickney Village Hall alongside your contractor license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Stickney does not rely on a statewide contractor license — like most Illinois villages it conditions its own licensing and permit process on a contractor first posting a $10,000 surety bond. The Village's own guidance is direct: any contractor performing work must be licensed, bonded, and insured before pulling a permit.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Village of Stickney (the obligee), with property owners and the Village itself as the protected parties. If a licensed 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. The bond must stay active for the life of your Village license, so we track it and notify you ahead of expiration to keep your 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 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 the Village. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with Stickney Village Hall alongside your contractor license application. 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.