Chesterton contractor bonds.
$275. Five minutes.
To register as a contractor in the Town of Chesterton, the town requires a $5,000 license bond filed with your registration. Ours is $275 flat — the 3% premium floored at our minimum — and the application takes five minutes.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Town contractor license bonds are about the simplest thing in surety. Here's the whole process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials and no credit check section on this bond.
Pay & e-sign
Small fixed-amount license bonds like this one are among the thousands that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the town
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with the Town of Chesterton's Building Department alongside your contractor registration. The bond carries the town's December 31 renewal date. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
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$5,000 bond × 3% = $150, floored at our $275 minimum. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
The Town of Chesterton registers the contractors who do construction work within town limits, and conditions that registration on a $5,000 license bond. The bond guarantees you'll work to the town's adopted building codes and follow the terms of the permits you pull.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Town of Chesterton (the obligee). If you do work that violates the town code or leave a job in a way that harms the public or property, the town can recover against the bond.
The bond carries a statutory December 31 renewal, so the town's contractor registrations expire on a common date. It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Contractors who pull permits and pass inspection treat the bond as a registration formality, not a risk.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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Finish your Chesterton contractor registration today.
$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.