Tippecanoe GC license bonds.
$450. Five minutes.
Tippecanoe County requires general contractors to post a $15,000 permit bond, with the Board of Commissioners as obligee, before the Building Commission releases a permit. Ours is $450 flat — 3% of the bond amount, the same for every contractor.
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Three steps. One sitting.
County contractor bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
Fixed contractor bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the Building Commission
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Tippecanoe County Building Commission — which won't release your permit until it has the bond. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$15,000 bond × 3% = $450, 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
A Tippecanoe County general contractor bond is a code-compliance and consumer-protection guarantee. The county conditions a general contractor permit on a $15,000 bond so work meets local building codes and permit conditions, with a financial backstop for the county and for property owners.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Tippecanoe County Board of Commissioners (the obligee). If a permitted contractor violates the county's building or permit rules and someone is harmed, the harmed party can recover against the bond — and if the surety pays, you repay the surety.
You won't get your permit until the Building Commission has the bond on file. After a year you renew or submit a continuation certificate; we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out so your $15,000 filing stays continuous.
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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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Other New York bonds.
The Building Commission won't release your permit without this.
$450 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.