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Darke County plumbing & appliance installer bonds.
$100 flat.
A contractor who does plumbing work, or only installs appliances into the plumbing system, anywhere in Darke County, Ohio must register with the Darke County General Health District, and the registration requires a $20,000 surety bond kept in force for the year. Ours is $100 flat for the term.
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The Health District will not register a plumbing contractor or appliance installer until the $20,000 bond is on file with the registration application. Here is the whole process, from application to registered:
Send us the registration details
Apply online with your business details, owner and contact information, and the effective date. The bond amount is preset at $20,000 and the price is $100 flat. There is no credit section and no SSN field on this application.
Pay & e-sign
The amount and the price are both already fixed, so there is nothing to underwrite. Pay $100 and e-sign — most applications clear in the same sitting.
Sign & file with the Health District
Once you pay, the executed bond is prepared on the Health District's form with the surety's power of attorney attached. Darke County accepts only the original signed bond on a first registration, so the wet-ink original is mailed to you for filing at 300 Garst Avenue, Greenville.
What it is and who needs it.
What the Darke County plumbing bond guarantees
The Darke County General Health District runs a Plumbing Inspection Program that registers every person engaged in the business of plumbing in the county. Its posted registration applications — one for plumbing contractors, one for appliance installers — each carry the same condition: the registrant agrees to maintain a $20,000 bond, and if the surety bond is canceled, the registrant must immediately submit proof of a new registration bond. A contractor who only installs appliances registers as an Appliance Installer rather than a full plumbing contractor, but files the same $20,000 bond.
The bond is written on the Health District's own form, titled Bond for Plumbing Contractors/Appliance Installers and Plumbing Employees. It binds the principal and surety to the Darke County Department of Health for a twelve-month term ending December 31, conditioned on the principal conforming to Ohio law and to the Health District's plumbing rules and regulations, and holding the Health District harmless. The form notes that contractors, business firms, and self-employed installers must post the bond; employees of a bonded contractor do not need their own.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Health District (the obligee). It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim because your work broke the rules, you repay the surety. Registration also does not replace job permits: an appliance installer registration covers appliances only, and the Health District still requires a plumbing permit for work such as water heater installation and replacement.
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One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — your entity type, business address, owner and contact details, and an effective date. There is no credit section on this bond.
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Get the Darke County plumbing bond off your registration checklist.
$100 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.