The City of Bedford Heights requires contractors to file a $10,000 license bond as a condition of being licensed to work in the city — ours is $300 flat, which is 3% of the bond amount. The application takes five minutes, and municipal license bonds like this are the fastest thing we issue.
















Municipal 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, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
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 the City of Bedford Heights with your contractor license. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
$10,000 bond × 3% = $300, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
A contractor license bond is a compliance-and-public-protection guarantee. The City of Bedford Heights conditions your contractor license on it so the city, and residents who hire you, have a financial backstop that you'll follow the city's building and contractor rules.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier standing behind you, and the City of Bedford Heights (the obligee), with residents and the city as the protected parties. If you violate the contractor ordinance or leave damage to public property unpaid, a harmed party can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. We track the bond and notify you 60 and 30 days before expiration so your $10,000 filing with the City stays continuous.
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.
$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.