Dayton & Montgomery plumbing bonds.
$100 flat.
Public Health – Dayton & Montgomery County requires a $5,000 bond to register as a plumbing contractor under its plumbing program. The premium is a flat $100 — the price you see is the checkout price — with a short application and no credit check.
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How much does a Dayton & Montgomery plumbing bond cost?
$100 at the $5,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
Registration bonds like this 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
Small fixed registration bonds like this typically issue right after purchase.
File with Public Health
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your Public Health – Dayton & Montgomery County plumbing registration. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Plumbing in the Dayton area is regulated by Public Health – Dayton & Montgomery County, which runs the local plumbing program and requires registered plumbing contractors to post a $5,000 bond. The bond stands behind your registration: that your plumbing work follows the adopted plumbing code and that you correct work that fails inspection.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and Public Health – Dayton & Montgomery County (the obligee). If your work violates the plumbing code and the health district or a harmed party suffers a loss, they can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Plumbers who pass inspection treat the bond as a registration formality, not a risk.
You need this bond if you are
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 $5,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The bond runs to December 31 whatever day you buy; the premium covers the period to that date.
Renewal falls on the statutory date, December 31, in the year your term ends.
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 Public Health. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your Public Health – Dayton & Montgomery County plumbing registration. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $5,000 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.
These are the actual issuing fields. No credit check.
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$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.