Ada tree contractor permit bonds.
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A tree contractor working for hire in Ada, Oklahoma, unless exempt under Section 42-540, needs a license from the City, and Section 42-533 of the Ada Code of Ordinances grants none until a surety bond is filed with the City Clerk. The Clerk’s license application sets the bond at $2,000. The premium is quoted on review.
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How much does an Ada tree contractor permit bond cost?
It is underwritten: the premium is quoted from the bond amount and your financial picture, so there is no flat price to show.
From application to tree contractor’s license.
The City Clerk will not grant an Ada tree contractor’s license until the bond and your liability insurance are on file. Here is the whole process:
Apply online
Your business type, owner and contact details, and the effective date you need. The $2,000 amount is already set by the City — there is nothing to size.
A specialist quotes it
A surety specialist reviews the application and returns your exact premium. Nothing is charged until you accept the quote.
E-sign & file in Ada
Accept, pay, and receive the executed $2,000 bond naming the City of Ada. File it with the City Clerk along with your liability insurance, your contractor license application, and a copy of your driver’s license.
What it is and who needs it.
What the Ada tree contractor bond guarantees
Article XII of Chapter 42 of the Ada Code of Ordinances licenses tree contractors. Section 42-532 makes it unlawful to solicit or engage in the business of tree contracting within the city without first obtaining a license, and Section 42-531 defines tree contracting broadly as work performed for hire on trees or shrubs — removal, cavity work, spraying, pruning, or trimming. A tree contractor is anyone primarily occupied with servicing trees, other than a person working solely on his own property.
Section 42-533 then bars the City from granting the license until the applicant files with the City Clerk a bond executed by a surety company authorized to do business in Oklahoma, in the amount set by the City. The City Clerk’s current Contractor License Application sets that amount at $2,000. The bond guarantees that all of your work is done in strict accordance with the chapter, and — unusually for a municipal license bond — it gives a direct right of action: any person injured or damaged by your failure to follow Article XII or the requirements of your contract with the property owner may bring suit directly on the bond against the surety.
It is a three-party arrangement — you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Ada (the obligee), with homeowners who hire you able to claim against it. If the surety pays a valid claim, you repay the surety; it is not insurance for your business. That is why the City requires both: Section 42-534 separately requires a public liability policy filed with the City Clerk and kept in force for the whole license term, and the application sets that policy at $100,000 combined single limit.
The license runs on the calendar year, not the July-to-June fiscal year Ada uses for its electrical, mechanical, and plumbing licenses. Under Section 42-538 it expires December 31 following issue, a partial year is not prorated, and it renews without a new application by paying the annual fee on or before December 31. Keep the bond in force for as long as you hold the license. Section 42-535 also calls for a written City examination with a 70 percent passing score, which the City may waive, and Section 42-539 requires your license number and business name on both sides of every vehicle used in the work.
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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 $2,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
Term and renewal are set in the underwriter's quote.
Keep the bond in force for as long as the obligation behind it runs.
How to file it
E-sign & file in Ada. Accept, pay, and receive the executed $2,000 bond naming the City of Ada. File it with the City Clerk along with your liability insurance, your contractor license application, and a copy of your driver’s license.
What sets the price
This bond is underwritten: the premium is quoted from the bond amount and your financial picture, so there is no flat price to show.
One application, one underwriting review.
These are the actual application fields — your business type, owner and contact details, and the effective date. The $2,000 amount is locked to what the City of Ada requires. Submit once and a surety specialist returns your quote, typically within one business day. Free until issued.
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Get the bond your Ada tree contractor’s license is waiting on.
The City Clerk will not grant the license without it. Apply once and a specialist returns your quote, typically within one business day. Free until issued.