A surety bond is a three-party guarantee that you’ll meet a legal or contractual obligation. It protects the government agency or owner in the event of bankruptcy or non-performance. New York requires different bonds for licensing, construction, and registration; find the one you need below with its requirements and costs.
Required for NY public works over $100K. One flat 3% rate for every contractor — projects up to $3M on credit alone.
View bond details & applyRequired with most NY public bids. Completely free — consent of surety included, soft pull only.
View bond details & applyBond a mechanic's lien off your property under NY Lien Law and keep the project — and your financing — moving.
View bond details & applyRequired by the DMV for every registered New York dealer. Bond amount set by your dealer class.
View bond details & applyThe State Liquor Authority bond (form L-9) for retailers, wholesalers, and transporters. Instant-issue, $75 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $1,000 licensing bond every New York public adjuster must file with the Department of Financial Services.
View bond details & applyThe NY security every health club must file before selling memberships, protecting prepaid dues if the club closes. Premiums from $100.
View bond details & applyThe plumbing bond the Albertson Water District requires from plumbers who connect to its Long Island water mains. From $100 — most qualify at the minimum.
View bond details & applyStays enforcement of a money judgment while you appeal. Penal sum set by the judgment — underwritten and quoted on review.
View bond details & applyThe "nail salon wage bond" the NY Department of State requires from appearance enhancement businesses with two or more nail-service workers. Premiums from $100, soft credit pull only.
View bond details & applyThe DMV's $100,000 bond for registered New York automobile brokers. $1,000 flat, e-signed and filed.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 bond the Town of Bethlehem Sewer District requires to perform water/sewer work. $100 flat. Application collects no credit information.
View bond details & applyThe $10,000 faithful-performance bond a NY boxing or MMA promoter files with the State Athletic Commission.
View bond details & applyThe bond Cayuga County requires to work in, under, or along a county highway. Premiums start from $100.
View bond details & applyThe $10,000 blanket bond the Town of Chester requires for right-of-way encroachment permits. $100 flat. Application collects no credit information.
View bond details & applyThe credit bond a corporate cigarette agent files with NY Tax & Finance to buy tax stamps on 30-day credit. Instant-issue for most, premiums from $100.
View bond details & applyThe credit bond a sole-proprietor cigarette agent files to buy NY tax stamps on credit. Instant-issue for most, no credit information collected.
View bond details & applyThe $10,000 performance bond the City of Albany requires for a sewer and water permit. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe street-opening / right-of-way bond the City of Albany requires before you cut into a city street. From $100 — most qualify at the minimum.
View bond details & applyThe vacant-building registration bond the City of Albany requires from owners of registered vacant property. From $100 — most qualify at the minimum.
View bond details & applyThe $1,000 transient-vendor bond the City of Auburn requires for a temporary-vendor license. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe single-permit right-of-way guarantee the City of Binghamton requires for one street-opening job. Premiums from $100.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 bond Buffalo requires under Chapter 140-9 for a collection agency license. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe bond the City of Jamestown requires to excavate or cut into a city street. Premiums start from $100.
View bond details & applyThe $15,000 bond the City of Kingston requires for a special events permit. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $25,000 bond the City of Lockport requires before opening or cutting a city street. From $100.
View bond details & applyThe NYC DOT permit bond a registered private contractor posts for street and sidewalk work. From $100.
View bond details & applyThe $25,000 NYC DOT right-of-way / sidewalk & roadway bond. $250 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $250,000 NYC street obstruction bond for permittees with 100 or more locations. $2,500 flat, soft pull only.
View bond details & applyThe $100,000 NYC street obstruction bond for permittees with 51–100 locations. $1,000 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $10,000 NYC DOT street-obstruction bond for one location. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 bond the NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission requires for a licensed agent. $100 flat, soft pull only.
View bond details & applyThe $50,000 taxicab-agent bond the NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission requires of licensed agents. $500 flat, soft pull only.
View bond details & applyThe contractor license bond the City of Newburgh requires to register and work within City limits. From $100 — most applicants pay near the minimum.
View bond details & applyThe demolition bond the City of Newburgh requires through its Bureau of Code Compliance before a demolition permit is issued. From $100 — most applicants pay near the minimum.
View bond details & applyThe City of Newburgh's vacant-building registration bond, sized to the city's notice. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 master plumber license bond the City of Niagara Falls requires. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $10,000 street-opening / right-of-way permit bond the City of Niagara Falls requires. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe contractor license bond Saugerties, NY requires before it issues a contractor license. From $100 — your exact price appears at application.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 master plumber license bond the City of Tonawanda requires to register and pull plumbing permits. Quote on review.
View bond details & applyThe bond Westfield, NY requires of mobile / manufactured home set-up contractors. From $100 — your exact price appears at application.
View bond details & applyThe $50,000 performance bond Yonkers DPW requires for street openings and excavations. $500 flat.
View bond details & applyThe fixed $5,000 license bond the City of Yonkers, NY requires before it licenses an auctioneer. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe fixed $5,000 license bond the City of Yonkers, NY requires before it licenses a laundromat. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 sign-contractor bond the City of Yonkers requires to register as a sign installer. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe performance bond a concession operator posts for the awarding authority — state parks, fairs, and public venues. Premiums from $100.
View bond details & applyThe DMV bond that gets you a title when you can't prove you own the car. Instant-issue for most, no credit information collected, premiums from $100.
View bond details & applyThe Tax Department bond securing the alcoholic-beverages excise tax under Article 18. Instant-issue for most, no credit information collected.
View bond details & applyThe $50,000 bond for NY businesses authorized to process DMV registrations and titles for customers. $500 flat, soft pull only.
View bond details & applyThe bond a New York commodity processor posts to handle USDA-donated foods for the state. Instant-issue for most, no credit information collected.
View bond details & applyThe NYSDOT bond on form PERM 44 for work in the state highway right-of-way. Instant-issue for most, premiums from $100.
View bond details & applyThe license bond required of every NY employment agency under General Business Law §177. Instant-issue for most, no credit information collected.
View bond details & applyThe PSC surety bond energy brokers and consultants must file to keep their New York registration — $100,000 for brokers, $50,000 for consultants. Premiums from $100.
View bond details & applyThe Department of Agriculture and Markets bond that protects producers from non-payment. Variable amount, premiums from $100.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 bond the Incorporated Village of Freeport requires for a second hand dealer license. $100 flat. Application collects no credit information.
View bond details & applyThe Gaming Commission bond behind a games-of-chance license — casino nights, Las Vegas nights, and the suppliers who equip them. Variable amount, premiums from $100.
View bond details & applyThe Village of Great Neck Estates bond guaranteeing completion of required public improvements. From $100, soft pull.
View bond details & applyNYC DCWP's $20,000 license bond for home improvement contractors. Required to pull a home improvement license.
View bond details & applyThe bond a DEC license-issuing agent posts to guarantee it remits the hunting and fishing license fees it collects. Instant-issue for most, premiums from $100.
View bond details & applyThe $50,000 bond every New York immigrant assistance service provider files with the Department of State.
View bond details & applyThe undertaking a New York court requires before an injunction issues. Amount set by the court — underwritten and quoted on review.
View bond details & applyThe plumbing-contractor bond the Jericho Water District keeps on file before you tap its mains. From $100.
View bond details & applyReplace a lost cashier’s check, stock certificate, or note. Indemnifies the issuer — underwritten and quoted on review.
View bond details & applyThe $10,000 bond New York requires to certify as a manufactured-home installer with the Department of State.
View bond details & applyThe $50,000 Article 21-B bond every New York manufactured-home manufacturer files to get certified by the Department of State.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 bond New York requires of mechanics certified to service and repair manufactured homes, filed with the Department of State.
View bond details & applyThe $25,000 security every New York manufactured-home retailer must file with the Department of State to register.
View bond details & applyThe Department of Agriculture and Markets bond that secures payment to the dairy farmers a milk dealer buys from. Premiums from $100.
View bond details & applyThe surety bond a NYC model management company/group files with DCWP. Quote-on-review, no credit information collected.
View bond details & applyThe NY Tax Department bond registered motor fuel and diesel distributors file to secure the fuel taxes. Amount set by the state; premiums from $100.
View bond details & applyThe $20,000 bond Nassau County requires for a home improvement contractor license. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $25,000 bond Nassau County DPW requires for a road opening permit on County roads or right-of-way. $438 flat. Application collects no credit information.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 bond Nassau County requires for a second-hand dealer license. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $10,000 license bond Nassau County requires of dry cleaners and laundromats. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $100,000 bond NYC DCWP requires for a process serving agency license. $1,000 flat, soft pull only.
View bond details & applyThe $1,000 compliance bond NYC DCWP requires for a secondhand dealer general license. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 bond every NYC for-hire-vehicle base files with the Taxi & Limousine Commission. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $150,000 bond NYC requires under the Car Wash Accountability Law, filed with DCWP. $3,000 flat, issued instantly.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 bond NYC requires for a debt collection agency license, filed with DCWP. $100 flat. Application collects no credit information.
View bond details & applyThe bond NYC requires for an employment agency license, filed with DCWP. From $100.
View bond details & applyThe $50,000 bond NYC requires of immigration assistance service providers, filed with DCWP. $500 flat, soft pull only.
View bond details & applyThe $50,000 bond NYC DOT requires for a street obstruction permit covering 2–50 locations. $500 flat.
View bond details & applyThe NYSDOT oversize/overweight equipment hauling permit bond. From $100.
View bond details & applyThe right-of-way / road-opening guarantee Oneida County requires before work in a County road or right-of-way. Premiums from $100.
View bond details & applyThe street / road-opening bond Orange County, NY requires before you cut into a county road. From $100 — most qualify at the minimum.
View bond details & applyThe $3,000 bond the City of Plattsburgh requires for a peddler / hawker license. $100 flat. Application collects no credit information.
View bond details & applyThe street obstruction permit bond required in Port Ewen (Town of Esopus, Ulster County). From $100 — most applicants pay near the minimum.
View bond details & applyThe plumbing contractor bond the Port Washington Water District requires from plumbers on its Long Island system. From $100 — most qualify at the minimum.
View bond details & applyThe $10,000 licensing bond every New York private investigator must file with the Department of State.
View bond details & applyFor an executor, administrator, guardian, or conservator. Amount set by the Surrogate to the size of the estate — underwritten and quoted on review.
View bond details & applyNYC DCWP's $10,000 bond for individual process servers — issued for the full two-year license term.
View bond details & applyThe $75,000 bond a NY PEO files with the Department of Labor when net worth or working capital falls short of the statutory minimum. $750 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $10,000 bond every New York professional fund raiser must file with the Attorney General's Charities Bureau to register.
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