Mentor general contractor bonds.
$300. Five minutes.
The City of Mentor requires every registered general contractor to file a $10,000 surety bond with its Building & Engineering Department, on Mentor’s own bond form. Ours is $300 flat — exactly 3% of the bond amount, the same for every contractor.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Local registration bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
Small fixed-amount registration bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with Building & Engineering
Your executed bond on Mentor’s surety bond form arrives by email, ready to file with your contractor registration. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$10,000 bond × 3% = $300, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
The City of Mentor registers contractors through its Building & Engineering Department and conditions a general contractor registration on a $10,000 surety bond, filed on Mentor’s own bond form. It's a code-compliance guarantee that you'll comply with Mentor’s codes and ordinances.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier standing behind you, and the City of Mentor (the obligee), with the public protected. Mentor also requires proof of $1,000,000 liability coverage and the ability to interpret construction plans and specifications — the surety bond is the registration's financial backstop.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The Mentor registration bond expires December 31 each year, so we track it and send renewal notices 60 and 30 days out to keep your $10,000 filing continuous.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
How much is the Mentor general contractor bond? +
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Is there a credit check? +
Do I need anything else to register? +
Other New York bonds.
Finish your Mentor registration today.
$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.