Worth contractor license bonds.
From $100.
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The Village of Worth requires a contractor working inside the Village to register with the Building Department and post a surety bond before pulling a permit: $10,000 for a general, electrical, or roofing contractor, and $25,000 for a sign contractor. Premiums cost 0.5% of the bond amount, $100 minimum. The registration and bond renew every December 31.
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How much does a Worth contractor license bond cost?
0.5% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
The Worth contractor bond is a short, standard-form filing. Enter your amount, pay, and file with the Building Department. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the type of contractor work you register for, the bond amount ($10,000 or $25,000 for sign contractors), and the effective date.
Approved
No credit check up to $100,000, and most applications approve instantly.
File with the Building Department
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to submit to the Village of Worth Building Department along with your registration fee and certificate of insurance. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the Worth contractor bond actually guarantees
The Village of Worth registers contractors through its Building Department and conditions that registration on a surety bond, a current certificate of liability insurance, and — for several trades — a valid state license. A general, electrical, or roofing contractor posts a $10,000 bond; a sign contractor posts $25,000. Plumbing contractors instead show a current Illinois plumbing contractor license (055-IL) and license 058, with no separate bond required for that trade on the Village's registration form.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Village of Worth (the obligee), with the Village and the public as the protected parties. Electrical contractors additionally submit a copy of a valid electrical contractor's license, and roofing contractors a valid Illinois roofing contractor license, alongside the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Unlike a rolling annual term, the Village's contractor registration and its bond expire every December 31, regardless of the date you first registered; a half-year registration filed after July 1 still expires the same December 31. Enter the amount your trade requires; we price the bond at 0.5% of that figure, $100 minimum.
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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 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 Building Department. Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to submit to the Village of Worth Building Department along with your registration fee and certificate of insurance. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is 0.5% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
No credit check up to $100,000. Above that, the carrier may run a soft pull, which never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued instantly.
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From $100, no credit check up to $100,000. Enter your amount and file with the Building Department the same day. Free until issued.