Dyer contractor license bonds.
$100 flat.
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.
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How much does a Dyer contractor license bond cost?
$100 at the $5,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
A unified county license bond is about the simplest filing in Indiana surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
Unified license bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with Lake County
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.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
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.
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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 premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
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 Lake County. 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.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 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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File your Dyer contractor bond today.
$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.