Minneapolis residential specialty bonds.
$100 flat.
Also known as the Minneapolis Residential Specialty Contractor License Bond.
The City of Minneapolis requires a fixed $10,000 bond for a residential specialty contractor license — the license for a contractor or remodeler who works on properties with four or fewer living units in one trade: excavation, masonry, carpentry, interior finishing, exterior finishing, drywall and plaster, or general installation. Ours is $100 flat.
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How much does a Minneapolis residential specialty bond cost?
$100 at the $10,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
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 credit check.
Pay & e-sign
City license bonds like this are among the bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the City of Minneapolis
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your residential specialty contractor license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the residential specialty bond guarantees
The City of Minneapolis licenses residential specialty contractors — a contractor or remodeler who owns or operates the business, negotiates the contracts, and works in a single trade (excavation, masonry, carpentry, interior finishing, exterior finishing, drywall and plaster, or general installation) on properties with four or fewer living units — and conditions that license on a fixed $10,000 surety bond. The bond is a consumer-protection guarantee: it stands behind the contractor completing licensed work to code and honoring the terms of the homeowner’s contract.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Minneapolis (the obligee), with harmed homeowners as the protected party. If a licensed residential specialty contractor violates the City’s licensing ordinance or leaves a homeowner with a covered loss, the City — or the homeowner, through the City’s process — can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Note that a State of Minnesota Residential Building Contractor licensee does not need this City license, and roofers hold a State license instead; this bond is specific to City-licensed single-trade residential specialty work.
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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 $10,000 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; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
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
File with the City of Minneapolis. Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your residential specialty contractor license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $10,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
No credit check.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields. No credit check.
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$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.