The City of Ferndale conditions a concrete builder license on a fixed $2,500 bond — ours is $275 flat, the 3% minimum. The application is five minutes, and city license bonds like this are the fastest thing we issue.
















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.
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 arrives by email, ready to file with your Ferndale concrete builder license application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
$2,500 bond × 3% = $75, below our $275 minimum — so the price is $275, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
The City of Ferndale licenses concrete builders who pour and finish flatwork — sidewalks, drives, approaches — much of it tied into the public right-of-way. The license bond is a workmanship-and-compliance guarantee: it stands behind your obligation to build to the city's standards and code.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Ferndale (the obligee). If your concrete work damages public property or violates the city's construction requirements and you do not make it right, the city can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Concrete builders who pour to spec and clean up treat the $2,500 bond as a license formality, not a risk.
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.