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 $300 flat — 3% of the bond amount — and the application is five minutes with no credit check.
















Health-district service-provider bonds are simple. 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.
Small fixed-amount 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 your Marion County Board of Health HSTS service-provider registration. 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 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.
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.