Minnesota Lumber Liquidators installer bonds.
From $100.
Lumber Liquidators’ Installation Provider Agreement requires an independent installer taking Minnesota work to post a surety bond running to Lumber Liquidators, Inc. as obligee. It is a private contractual requirement, not a Minnesota statute: the company sets the amount. Our premium is 0.5% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
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How much does a Minnesota Lumber Liquidators installer bond cost?
0.5% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
Installer bonds are the simplest thing in surety — one short application, no financials, no underwriting queue. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount your provider agreement names, and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check up to $100,000.
Pay & e-sign
Your price is final at checkout — 0.5% of the bond amount, with a $100 minimum. No credit check up to $100,000, and most applications approve instantly. No credit check up to $100,000.
Send it to Lumber Liquidators
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to hand to your installation coordinator so your provider file can be cleared for work. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the installation provider bond actually guarantees
Lumber Liquidators sells flooring; independent contractors install it. Those installers sign an Installation Provider Agreement and, as a condition of it, post a surety bond naming Lumber Liquidators, Inc. as obligee. The bond guarantees the installer performs to the agreement and in compliance with the state and local law that governs the work — a homeowner-facing quality and compliance backstop for a national retailer whose brand rides on installs it does not perform itself.
This is a private, contractual bond. No Minnesota statute creates it, no state agency receives it, and no license turns on it. The company writes the requirement, sets the amount, and can change either; a licensing bond is set by a legislature or a city council and filed with a public office. That distinction shows up on the form itself — the obligee line reads Lumber Liquidators, and a claim is made by the company, not by a regulator.
It does not replace Minnesota licensing, and Minnesota’s scheme is unusual enough to be worth reading carefully. Floor covering and wood floors are two of the eight items inside "interior finishing," one of the state’s eight statutory special skills. A contractor who contracts directly with a homeowner and offers more than one special skill must hold a residential building contractor or remodeler license from the Department of Labor and Industry; a true single-skill specialty contractor is exempt, as is a person whose gross annual receipts for licensable work stay under $15,000 and who files an affidavit for a certificate of exemption. And Minnesota does not put a bond behind that license at all — it runs a contractor recovery fund instead, which is exactly why this retailer bond is a separate obligation you may still need.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
Pay & e-sign. Your price is final at checkout — 0.5% of the bond amount, with a $100 minimum. No credit check up to $100,000, and most applications approve instantly. No credit check up to $100,000.
What sets the price
The premium is 0.5% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
No credit check up to $100,000. Above that, the carrier may run a soft pull, which never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields. No credit check up to $100,000. Enter the amount your provider agreement names and your exact price is set at the application from a $100 minimum.
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Premiums from $100, no credit check up to $100,000, and the bond issues the moment you pay. Enter the amount your agreement names and hand it to your coordinator the same day. Free until issued.