MSD plumber & drainlayer bonds.
$100 flat.
The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (MSD) conditions its plumber, sewer, and drainlayer contractor license on a $10,000 bond. Ours is $100 flat — the price you see is the checkout price, identical for every contractor. A quick soft credit check may apply, e-signed fast.
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Three steps to licensed.
Your MSD license is waiting on this bond. Here's the entire process — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
Business details, owner information, effective date. Your application may include a one-time consent to a soft credit check.
Reviewed & approved
Most of these clear quickly; if underwriting needs anything, you hear from an underwriter within 48 hours. Any credit check that runs is a soft pull that never affects your score.
File with MSD
Pay online and receive the executed bond ready to file with the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the District insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (MSD) licenses the plumbers, sewer, and drainlayer contractors who connect to and work on its public sewer system, and conditions that license on a $10,000 surety bond. The bond stands behind your compliance with MSD's rules and the work you perform on the District's system.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (the obligee). The bond guarantees that your sewer and drainlaying work meets District standards and that damage to the public system is made good. If you fail to, MSD can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays an MSD claim, you repay the surety. Contractors who build to District standard treat the bond as a license formality.
You need this bond if you're
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit check. Submit once and your bond is typically issued within 1–2 business days.
Start the application →Common questions.
Other Missouri bonds.
MSD is waiting on one document.
$100 flat, no credit review, e-signed bond in 1–2 business days. Free until issued.