KY water well driller bonds.
$275. Five minutes.
Kentucky conditions a water well driller certification on a fixed $5,000 bond filed with the Division of Water — ours is $275 flat, our minimum premium, which is more than 3% of this small bond. The application is five minutes, with no credit check on this bond.
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Three steps. One sitting.
License bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details, your certificate of deposit or escrow details if applicable, and an effective date. No financials, no credit check section.
Pay & e-sign
Small fixed-amount license bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the Division of Water
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your well driller certification. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
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$5,000 bond × 3% = $150, below our $275 minimum — so the price is $275, one-time per term. Multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Kentucky certifies water well drillers — anyone who operates well-drilling equipment, drills or drives wells, or installs and repairs water-well pumping equipment — through the Division of Water in the Energy and Environment Cabinet. The certification is conditioned on a $5,000 performance bond running to the Commonwealth.
The bond is a well-construction-standards guarantee: it backs your obligation to drill and construct wells in compliance with Kentucky's water-well construction standards, which protect groundwater from contamination. If you violate those standards, the harmed party — including the state — can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. A certificate of deposit or cash bond can be posted in lieu of surety, but most drillers use the bond because it ties up no cash. We issue it at our $275 minimum with no credit check.
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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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$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.