Minnesota plumbing contractor bonds.
$125 flat.
Minnesota requires every plumbing contractor to give and maintain a $25,000 bond to the state for the plumbing work it performs, filed with the Department of Labor and Industry. Ours is $125 flat, identical for every contractor. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit check.
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How much does a Minnesota plumbing contractor bond cost?
$125 at the $25,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps to licensed.
Your contractor license is waiting on this bond. Here is the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Contractor code bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the Department of Labor and Industry
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your plumbing contractor license application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Minnesota licenses plumbing contractors through the Department of Labor and Industry, and conditions that license on a bond under Minn. Stat. 326B.46. Each person who performs or offers plumbing work must give and maintain a bond to the state in a penal sum of at least $25,000 for all plumbing work entered into within the state.
The bond is for the benefit of persons injured or suffering financial loss because the contractor failed to comply with the State Plumbing Code. If you also do subsurface sewage treatment work, the bond can cover failures under Minn. Stat. 115.55 and 115.56 as well.
It is a code-compliance and consumer-protection guarantee, not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The bond must comply with Minn. Stat. 326B.0921, be written by a corporate surety licensed in Minnesota, and be filed with the commissioner. (A separate public-liability insurance requirement also applies — that is not the bond.)
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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 $25,000 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 Department of Labor and Industry. Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your plumbing contractor license application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $125 at the $25,000 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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The Department of Labor and Industry is waiting on one document.
$125 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.