Detroit sign erector bonds.
$100 flat. Five minutes.
The City of Detroit licenses contractors who erect signs on buildings and over its public ways, and conditions that license on a $5,000 surety bond. Ours is $100 flat — the price our carrier set for this bond, not a percentage calculation. Five-minute application; the form collects no credit information.
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Three steps. One sitting.
City license 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 section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
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 City of Detroit
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your City of Detroit sign erector license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
A sign erector bond is a public-protection guarantee. You hang and anchor signs on buildings and over the City of Detroit's public ways, and the City wants a financial backstop that you build to code and don't leave the public exposed to a falling-sign hazard.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Detroit (the obligee), with the public as the protected party. If your sign work damages city property or a person, or you violate your city license terms, a claim can be made against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Erectors who build to code and pull the right permits treat the bond as a license formality, and we keep your $5,000 filing continuous with renewal notices 60 and 30 days out.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — the application has no credit section at all.
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If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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$100 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.