A contractor working in the Town of Dyer files the $5,000 Lake County unified license bond — Indiana law lets one countywide bond stand in for a separate town bond. Ours is $100 flat, and the price you see is the checkout price.
















A unified county license bond is about the simplest filing in Indiana surety. Here's the entire process:
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Unified license bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to record with the Lake County Recorder before you pull permits in Dyer. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
Lake and Porter Counties license contractors under a single countywide framework rather than letting each city and town run its own bond. A contractor working in the Town of Dyer files a $5,000 unified license bond that stands in for a separate town-level bond — one filing covers the county and every city or town inside it.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and Lake County together with the Town of Dyer (the obligees), with the public as the protected party. If a contractor's work in Dyer violates the county or town's building, zoning, or contracting ordinances, a harmed party can bring a claim against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The bond is recorded with the Lake County Recorder and must stay active for as long as you hold a Dyer contractor registration, so we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out to keep the filing continuous.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because this application doesn't collect credit information.
Start the application →$100 flat, soft pull only, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.