The City of Magee requires contractors to post a $5,000 bond as a condition of its local contractor license. Ours is $100 flat — the price set by our carrier for this bond — and the application takes about five minutes.
















Contractor license bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the whole process:
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit section.
Small fixed-amount license bonds like this typically issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your City of Magee contractor license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
A contractor license bond is a compliance guarantee to the city. The City of Magee conditions its local contractor license on this bond so there's a financial backstop that you'll follow the city's building codes, permit rules, and ordinances when you work inside city limits.
It's a three-party arrangement: you, the contractor (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Magee (the obligee). If you violate the city's contractor requirements and the city or a harmed party suffers a covered loss, they can recover against the bond up to $5,000.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Contractors who pull permits and build to code treat the bond as a license formality, not a risk.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because this application doesn't collect credit information.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
$100 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.