Ohio sewage installer bonds.
$200 flat.
Ohio requires a registered sewage treatment system (STS) installer who installs more than one system in a year to maintain a $40,000 statewide bond under ORC Chapter 3718. Ours is $200 flat — the price you see is the checkout price, the same for every installer. No credit check.
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How much does an Ohio sewage installer bond cost?
$200 at the $40,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
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
Registration bonds like this are among the thousands that issue right after purchase.
File with the Department of Health
The original executed bond is submitted to ODH for your STS installer registration. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Ohio registers sewage treatment system installers under ORC Chapter 3718 and OAC 3701-29-03 — the contractors who install household sewage and small-flow on-site treatment systems. The registration is conditioned on a statewide surety bond filed with the Department of Health.
The bond amount turns on volume: an installer of more than one STS in a year carries a $40,000 bond, while an installer of only one system a year carries a $25,000 bond. The bond provides financial security for enforcement of the registration law and protects against improper installation work.
Ohio's bonding here is statewide — the law prohibits a local health district from requiring an additional installer bond on top of this one, so a single bond covers you across the districts where you register. The bond must stay active for as long as you are registered.
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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 $40,000 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 the Department of Health. The original executed bond is submitted to ODH for your STS installer registration. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $200 at the $40,000 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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$200 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.