St. Louis electrical contractor bonds.
$250 flat.
The City of St. Louis will not accept an electrical contractor or limited elevator electrical contractor license application until a $25,000 indemnifying bond is on file with the Electrical Inspection Section. Ours is $250 flat, and the price you see is the checkout price. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit check.
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How much does a St. Louis electrical contractor bond cost?
$250 at the $25,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
A City license bond is one of the simpler filings 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
This bond is among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase — no underwriter review and no credit check.
File with the Electrical Section
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Electrical Inspection Section, Room 425, City Hall, with your license application and $1,000,000 liability certificate. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
The City of St. Louis licenses electrical trades through its Committee of Electrical Examiners. Annex H of the City Electrical Code (the 2017 NEC as amended by Ord. 70802) creates an Electrical Contractor’s license for anyone who installs, alters or services electrical systems in the City, and a Limited Elevator Electrical Contractor’s license for elevator, escalator and lift work. Section 80.21.3 bars anyone from that work until they hold the license and have furnished the bond.
Section 80.21.4.1 sets the bond at $25,000, filed with the Electrical Inspection Section before the application is accepted. It names the City of Saint Louis as insured, for the use and benefit of your customers. It indemnifies anyone you contract with for damages caused by your failure to perform the work as contracted under the Electrical Code. The Comptroller must approve it before the license issues, and it must be written by a surety authorized to do business in Missouri.
Section 80.21.4.2 separately requires a $1,000,000 certificate of liability insurance, which this bond does not replace. It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a customer’s claim, you repay the surety. Keep it in force: the code says any lapse requires re-application to the Board with fees, and re-testing.
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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 $25,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The term is set on the carrier’s application; the premium covers the period shown there.
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 Electrical Section. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Electrical Inspection Section, Room 425, City Hall, with your license application and $1,000,000 liability certificate. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $250 at the $25,000 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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Get your St. Louis electrical license moving today.
$250 flat, no credit check, bond issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.