Marshall County, Indiana requires a $20,000 surety bond before it will register or license a contractor. Ours is $600 flat — 3% of the bond amount, the same for every contractor — and the application is five minutes with no credit check.
















County contractor license bonds are about the simplest thing in surety. Here's the whole process:
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit section.
Fixed county license bonds like this typically issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with Marshall County for your contractor registration. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
$20,000 bond × 3% = $600, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
Marshall County — the Indiana county seated in Plymouth — conditions a contractor registration on a $20,000 surety bond. The bond is a code-compliance and public-protection guarantee: it stands behind your work being done to the County's building codes and your restoring any damage to public property.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and Marshall County (the obligee). If a registered contractor violates the County's building code, abandons permitted work, or damages public infrastructure, the County or a harmed party can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Contractors who pull proper permits and build to code treat the bond as a registration formality, not a risk.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
$600 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.