Edina steam & hot water installer bonds.
$125. Five minutes.
The City of Edina requires a fixed $25,000 bond for a steam and hot water installer license — the license to install and service steam and hot water heating systems within the City. Ours is $125 flat, set by our carrier’s rate book — the application collects no credit information.
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Three steps. One sitting.
A City license bond is the simplest thing in surety. Here is the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application — no financials, and the application collects no credit information.
Pay & e-sign
City license bonds like this are among the bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the City of Edina
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your steam and hot water installer license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the installer bond guarantees
The City of Edina licenses steam and hot water installers — the contractors who install and service steam and hot water heating systems within the City — and conditions that license on a fixed $25,000 surety bond. The bond is a code-compliance and public-safety guarantee: it stands behind your installations meeting the City’s mechanical code.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Edina (the obligee). If an installer violates the City’s code or leaves an unsafe or defective installation, the City can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays the City, you repay the surety. Installers who work to code treat the $25,000 bond as a routine license formality.
You need this bond if you are
Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — the application collects no credit information for this bond.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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$125 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.