Mentor plumbing bonds.
$100 flat.
The City of Mentor requires every registered plumbing contractor to file a $10,000 surety bond with its Building & Engineering Department, on Mentor’s own bond form. Ours is $100 flat — the price you see is the checkout price, the same for every contractor.
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How much does a Mentor plumbing bond cost?
$100 at the $10,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
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 is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Small fixed-amount registration bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
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.
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 plumbing 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, for plumbing, proof of the appropriate State of Ohio license — 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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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 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.
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.
These are the actual issuing fields. No credit check.
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Finish your Mentor registration today.
$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.