To license as a plumber and sewer builder with the City of Sidney, Ohio, you file a $2,000 builder bond with the Sidney Engineering Department. Because 3% of $2,000 is below our floor, the premium is our $275 minimum — flat, no credit check.
















City builder bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here is the entire process:
Business details and an effective date. No financials, no credit-check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
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.
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your registration or permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
$2,000 bond × 3% = $60, below the $275 minimum, so the premium is $275 per term. Fixed amount, flat price.
A plumber and sewer builder bond is a code-compliance and restoration guarantee. When you connect to the City of Sidney sanitary sewer or perform plumbing work, the city wants a financial backstop that the work meets code and that any disturbed public infrastructure is restored.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Sidney (the obligee). If a connection is made improperly or restoration is left undone, the city can recover against the bond.
The bond must stay active while your license is in effect. We track the term and notify you 60 and 30 days out so your city builder license never lapses.
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.
$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.