The City of Yonkers conditions sign-contractor registration on a $5,000 bond. At 3% the premium would be $150, so it lands at our $275 minimum — the same for every sign contractor. The application is five minutes, with no credit check.
















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 check section.
License bonds like this issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your sign-contractor registration. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
$5,000 bond × 3% = $150, which is below our $275 minimum — so the price is $275 per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
A sign-contractor bond is a code-compliance guarantee. The City of Yonkers registers the contractors who install, erect, and maintain signs in the City — the bond gives the City a financial backstop that you follow its sign and building codes and correct unsafe or non-compliant work.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Yonkers (the obligee). If a sign contractor violates City sign code or damages public property, the City can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. For most contractors the bond is simply a line on the City registration checklist.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.