The Marion County Board of Health requires a plumber to file a $10,000 bond as a condition of being licensed to do plumbing work in the county's jurisdiction. Ours is $300 flat — 3% of the bond amount — and the application is five minutes.
















Municipal license bonds are the simplest thing in surety. 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 municipal 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 the Marion County Board of Health for your plumbing license. 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.
The Marion County Board of Health (Marion Public Health) administers plumbing licensure in its jurisdiction and conditions a plumbing license on a $10,000 surety bond. Because plumbing protects the public water supply and sanitation, the bond is a public-health and code-compliance guarantee: it stands behind your plumbing work meeting the county's and Ohio's plumbing codes.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier standing behind you, and the Marion County Board of Health (the obligee), with the public as the protected party. If a licensed plumber violates the plumbing code or does work that endangers public health, the Board or a harmed party can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Plumbers who pull permits and pass inspection treat the bond as a license formality, and we keep your $10,000 filing continuous with renewal notices 60 and 30 days out.
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.