The City of Middleburg Heights requires a contractor to file a $25,000 bond as a condition of being licensed to work in the city. Ours is $750 flat — 3% of the bond amount — and the application is five minutes. The form asks for your contractor type so the license matches your trade.
















Municipal license bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Business details, your contractor type, 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 City of Middleburg Heights for your contractor license. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
$25,000 bond × 3% = $750, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
The City of Middleburg Heights licenses contractors who pull permits and work inside the city, and conditions the license on a $25,000 surety bond. The bond is a public-and-code-compliance guarantee: it stands behind your work being performed to the city's building codes and your compliance with the city's contractor ordinance.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier standing behind you, and the City of Middleburg Heights (the obligee), with the public and permit-holders as the protected parties. If a licensed contractor violates the city's code or damages public property, the city 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. Contractors who pull proper permits and pass inspection treat the bond as a license formality, and we keep your $25,000 filing continuous with renewal notices 60 and 30 days out.
These are the actual issuing fields, including your contractor type — 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.
$750 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.