MN sign contractor bonds.
$275. Five minutes.
Minnesota's $8,000 sign contractor bond under Minn. Stat. 326B.865 is filed with the Department of Labor and Industry. A flat 3% of $8,000 is $240, so the price lands at our $275 minimum. The application is five minutes, and license bonds like this are the fastest thing we issue.
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Three steps. One sitting.
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, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
Small fixed 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 Department of Labor and Industry
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to mail to DLI Construction Codes and Licensing with your business registration. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$8,000 bond × 3% = $240, which is under our $275 minimum, so the price is $275 per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Minnesota licenses sign contractors through the Department of Labor and Industry's Construction Codes and Licensing Division. Under Minn. Stat. 326B.865, a sign contractor files an $8,000 bond ensuring faithful compliance with the laws, rules, and contracts governing the installation of signs.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Minnesota (the obligee), with harmed parties protected. If a contractor violates sign-installation law or breaches a contract and someone is damaged, they can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The bond is renewed biennially and can be cancelled by the surety on 30 days written notice to the commissioner, so we keep yours continuous and notify you ahead of renewal.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
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$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.