The City of Fremont conditions a contractor license on a $10,000 surety bond filed with the City. Our carrier's rate book sets the premium at $100 flat, identical for every contractor — no quote round-trip. The application is five minutes, and city license bonds like this are the fastest thing we issue.
















City license bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
City license bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your City of Fremont contractor license application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The City of Fremont licenses contractors and conditions the license on a $10,000 surety bond. The bond is a code-compliance and public-protection guarantee: it stands behind your work meeting the city's building code and your compliance with Fremont's permit and inspection process.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Fremont (the obligee), with property owners and the public as the protected parties. If a contractor performs work that violates the code or the licensing rules and harm results, the harmed party can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Contractors who pull permits and pass inspections treat the bond as a license formality, not a risk.
These are the actual issuing fields — the application collects no 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.