Flint building contractor bonds.
$275. Five minutes.
The City of Flint conditions a building contractor license on a fixed $5,000 bond filed with its Department of Building and Safety — ours is $275 flat, the 3% minimum. The application is five minutes, and city license bonds like this are the fastest thing we issue.
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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 check section.
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 Flint
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with the Flint Department of Building and Safety for your contractor license. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$5,000 bond × 3% = $150, below our $275 minimum — so the price is $275, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
The City of Flint licenses building contractors through its Department of Building and Safety, which regulates construction in the city. The license bond is a code-compliance guarantee: it stands behind your obligation to build to the city's construction ordinances and permit conditions.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Flint (the obligee). If your work violates the city's building requirements or damages public property 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. Contractors who build to code and pull proper permits treat the $5,000 bond as a license formality, not a risk.
You need this bond if you're
Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.