Detroit fire repair solicitation bonds.
$100 flat.
The City of Detroit licenses contractors who solicit fire repair contracts from owners of fire-damaged property, 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. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit review of any kind, not even a soft pull.
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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 fire-repair solicitation license. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
A fire-repair solicitation bond is a consumer-protection guarantee. Owners of fire-damaged property are vulnerable to high-pressure or unscrupulous repair pitches, so the City of Detroit wants a financial backstop that anyone soliciting fire repair work deals honestly and honors the contracts they sign.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Detroit (the obligee), with the fire-damaged property owners you solicit as the protected parties. If you violate the solicitation ordinance or harm a customer, a claim can be made against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Solicitors who deal honestly and honor their contracts treat the bond as a license formality, and we keep your $5,000 filing continuous with renewal notices 60 and 30 days out.
You need this bond if you're
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — the application has no credit section at all.
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$100 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.