North Carolina landscape contractor bonds, corporate.
$100 flat.
North Carolina requires a corporate landscape contractor license applicant to file a $10,000 compliance bond (or a $10,000 letter of credit) with the Landscape Contractors' Licensing Board. Ours is $100 flat — set by our carrier's rate book for this bond. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit check.
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How much does a North Carolina landscape contractor bond cost?
$100 at the $10,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
License bonds are the simplest thing 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
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the Board
Your executed bond (NCLCLB form SB01) arrives by email, ready to file with your corporate landscape contractor license. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
North Carolina licenses landscape contractors through the Landscape Contractors' Licensing Board (NCLCLB) under G.S. Chapter 89D. A corporate license applicant must file a $10,000 surety bond — or, as an alternative the statute allows, a $10,000 irrevocable letter of credit — approved by the Board as to form.
The bond is a compliance guarantee, conditioned on the licensee faithfully conforming to and abiding by Chapter 89D. The NCLCLB's form SB01, the Landscape Contractors' Licensing Surety Compliance Bond, protects any individual who suffers loss or damage from the licensee's noncompliance.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Contractors who follow Chapter 89D treat the bond as a license formality, not a risk. We issue it at $100 flat, and no credit check.
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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 $10,000 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 the Board. Your executed bond (NCLCLB form SB01) arrives by email, ready to file with your corporate landscape contractor license. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $10,000 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.