Ohio Bricklayers Local 23 wage bonds.
$800 flat.
A contractor who signs Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 23's collective bargaining agreement is required by the local's wage and fringe benefit trust funds to post a bond guaranteeing union-scale wages and benefit contributions. This is the $20,000 tier. Ours is $800 flat.
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How much does an Ohio Bricklayers Local 23 wage bond cost?
$800 at the $20,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
A union wage-and-fringe filing is one application, not a negotiation. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details, contractor information, and an effective date. The application includes a one-time credit consent, but it authorizes a soft pull only.
Pay & e-sign
Bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. Issued when you pay. One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
File with the trust funds
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with Local 23's wage and fringe benefit trust office. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local Union No. 23 represents bricklaying, masonry, stone, and tile craftworkers across a jurisdiction spanning Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky (OH-WV-KY). A contractor who signs the local's collective bargaining agreement agrees to pay union-scale wages and to remit contributions to its fringe benefit trust funds — health & welfare, pension, and apprenticeship training.
The wage and welfare bond backs those obligations. It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and Local 23's wage and fringe benefit trust funds (the obligee and protected parties). If a signatory contractor falls short on covered wages or fund contributions, the trust funds can recover against the bond, up to its $20,000 limit at this tier.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. This is a private contractual requirement of the collective bargaining agreement, not an Ohio statute. Local 23 sets the bond amount per contractor based on the classification and scope of work assigned under the agreement; this page is the $20,000 tier. We also write the $5,000, $10,000, and $50,000 tiers if yours is different.
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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 $20,000 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 trust funds. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with Local 23's wage and fringe benefit trust office. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $800 at the $20,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — the application includes a credit consent, but it authorizes a soft pull only, never a hard inquiry.
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File your Local 23 wage bond today.
$800 flat, soft pull only, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.