Perry County plumbing bonds.
$600 flat. Five minutes.
The Perry County Health Department requires a $20,000 surety bond of licensed plumbing contractors. Ours is $600 flat — 3% of the bond amount, the same for every plumber — and the application is five minutes with no credit check.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Plumbing 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, no credit section.
Pay & e-sign
Fixed municipal license bonds like this typically issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the Health Department
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Perry County Health Department for your plumbing license. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$20,000 bond × 3% = $600, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
The Perry County Health Department — in southern Indiana along the Ohio River — licenses and regulates plumbing contractors as part of its public-health role over water and sewage systems, and conditions a plumbing license on a $20,000 surety bond. The bond is a code-compliance and public-health guarantee: it stands behind your plumbing work being done to the County's adopted plumbing code.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and Perry County (the obligee). If a licensed plumbing contractor violates the plumbing code, leaves cross-connections or unsafe 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. Plumbers who pull proper permits and pass inspection treat the bond as a license formality, not a risk.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit 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 Perry County plumbing license today.
$600 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.