Baltimore drain layer bonds.
$300. Five minutes.
The City of Baltimore requires a licensed drain layer to file a $10,000 surety bond with the city before connecting a property to the public sewer and drain system. Ours is $300 flat — 3% of the bond amount — with no credit check.
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Three steps. One sitting.
The city is waiting on this bond before it licenses you to lay drains. Here's the whole process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials and no credit check section.
Pay & e-sign
Local license bonds like this issue right after purchase in most cases. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the City of Baltimore
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your drain layer license. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$10,000 bond × 3% = $300, 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 City of Baltimore licenses drain layers — the contractors who tap private properties into the city's public sewer and storm-drain mains — and conditions that license on a $10,000 surety bond payable to the city.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore (the obligee). The bond guarantees that you restore the street and right-of-way properly, follow the city's plumbing and public-works rules, and don't leave the city to repair faulty connections.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Drain layers who backfill and restore to city standard treat the bond as a license formality.
You need this bond if you're
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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Finish your drain layer license today.
$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.