Cleveland electrical contractor bonds.
$100 flat.
Also known as the Cleveland, Mississippi Electrical Contractor License Bond.
The City of Cleveland requires an electrical contractor to file a $5,000 surety bond to hold a license through the Cleveland Contractor Licensing Board — ours is $100 flat, and the price you see is the checkout price. The bond issues the moment you pay, and no credit check.
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How much does a Cleveland electrical contractor bond cost?
$100 at the $5,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
Municipal contractor license bonds are about the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Municipal license bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the City
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Cleveland Contractor Licensing Board as part of your electrical license application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Cleveland does not license electrical contractors through the state — it licenses them locally through the Cleveland Contractor Licensing Board, which the city's Department of Community Development also administers alongside building permits and code enforcement within the corporate limits of Cleveland. Holding the license is conditioned on a $5,000 surety bond.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Cleveland (the obligee), with property owners and other harmed parties as the protected parties. If a licensed electrical contractor fails to perform work properly or leaves a covered claim unpaid, the harmed party can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The $5,000 figure comes from Section 3(3)(b) of the City of Cleveland's Contractor Licensing Ordinance (adopted June 2, 2015), which requires the bond of every applicant for a Board-issued license, electricians included. The bond must stay active for the life of your license, so we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out to keep your $5,000 filing continuous.
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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 $5,000 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. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Cleveland Contractor Licensing Board as part of your electrical license application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $5,000 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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Finish your Cleveland electrical license today.
$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.