Marion County HSTS provider bonds.
$100 flat.
The Marion County Board of Health requires every registered household sewage treatment system (HSTS) service provider to file a $10,000 surety bond before it will issue your registration. Ours is $100 flat — the price you see is the price you pay at checkout — and the application collects no credit check.
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How much does a Marion County HSTS provider bond cost?
$100 at the $10,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
Health-district service-provider bonds are simple. 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-amount bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with your registration
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your Marion County Board of Health HSTS service-provider registration. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
A household sewage treatment system service provider bond is a workmanship and compliance guarantee. When you install, alter, or service septic and other on-lot sewage systems in Marion County, the Board of Health wants a financial backstop that you'll do the work to code and correct defects.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Marion County Board of Health (the obligee). If you abandon a job, install out of compliance with the sewage rules, or leave a property owner with a defective system, a valid claim can be made against the bond.
The bond must stay active for the life of your registration. Let it lapse and the Board of Health can suspend your service-provider registration — so we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out, keeping your $10,000 filing continuous.
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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 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 your registration. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your Marion County Board of Health HSTS service-provider registration. 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.