Maryland painters wage & fringe benefits bonds.
$2,000 flat.
A contractor signatory to an International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) National Agreement posts a $50,000 bond so the wages and fringe-benefit contributions it owes each period reach the union's funds. It is a collective bargaining obligation, not a Maryland licensing requirement. Ours is $2,000 flat.
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How much does a Maryland painters wage & fringe benefits bond cost?
$2,000 at the $50,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
A new signatory agreement usually comes with a start date attached, and the union wants the bond on file. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details, your National Agreement effective and expiration dates, and a soft credit consent. That's the application.
Pay & e-sign
Wage and fringe benefits bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. Issued when you pay. One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
File with the union
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to send to IUPAT as your National Agreement requires. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) negotiates National Agreements covering finishing-trades employers whose work crosses state lines — including industrial and production coatings, tank and tower work, and related trades — separate from the local district-council agreements that cover most building-trades painting. An employer that signs one of these National Agreements takes on negotiated wage rates and employer contributions to the union's wage and fringe-benefit funds for covered work performed in any jurisdiction, including Maryland.
This wage and fringe benefits bond is the security IUPAT can require a signatory contractor to post so that wages and fund contributions reported each period actually reach the funds they are owed to. If a contractor becomes delinquent, the union or its fund trustees can make a claim against the bond, up to the $50,000 bonded sum, to recover the shortfall — the surety then seeks reimbursement from the contractor.
It is not insurance for the contractor — it is private, contractual security running from the National Agreement, not a Maryland statute or state agency filing. No Maryland department issues it or receives it; it is filed directly with IUPAT as the agreement requires. Confirm which specific National Agreement and fund office apply to your work before the bond is issued.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the $50,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
File with the union. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to send to IUPAT as your National Agreement requires. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $2,000 at the $50,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields. The credit consent authorizes a soft pull only — a soft inquiry that never affects your score.
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$2,000 flat, no hard credit pull, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.