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 $275 flat — the $275 minimum, since 3% of $5,000 falls below it. Five-minute application, no credit check on this bond.
















City license bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
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.
$5,000 bond × 3% = $150, which is under our $275 minimum, so the price is $275, one-time per term. Multi-year if you want it.
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.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.