Springfield house mover bonds.
$100 flat.
The City of Springfield requires a $20,000 bond from licensed house and building movers — moving a structure across city streets means closing lanes, lifting utility lines, and disturbing the right-of-way, so the city wants a guarantee. Ours is $100 flat, issued instantly. No credit check.
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How much does a Springfield house mover bond cost?
$100 at the $20,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
Springfield's house mover license is waiting on this bond. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with Springfield Business Licensing
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the City of Springfield Business Licensing office alongside your house mover license. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Moving a house or large structure across Springfield streets is an unusually disruptive job — it closes traffic lanes, lifts overhead utility lines, and can chew up pavement and curbs. The City of Springfield licenses house movers and conditions that license on a $20,000 surety bond standing behind the work.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Springfield (the obligee). If a move damages city streets, sidewalks, traffic signals, or utility lines and the mover doesn't make it right, the city can recover its repair costs against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Movers who restore the right-of-way and pay for what they disturb treat the bond as a license formality, and it must stay active for the life of the license.
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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 $20,000 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 Springfield Business Licensing. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the City of Springfield Business Licensing office alongside your house mover license. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $20,000 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.
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$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.