Oklahoma conditions its mechanical, plumbing, and electrical contractor licenses on a $5,000 surety bond running to the Construction Industries Board (and several municipal trade licenses use the same $5,000 figure). At our flat 3% the $5,000 bond is just the $275 minimum — no credit check.
















Contractor license bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section.
Small contractor license bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed $5,000 bond arrives by email, ready to file with your Construction Industries Board or municipal license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
$5,000 bond × 3% = $150, but our minimum premium is $275 — so the price is $275, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price.
Oklahoma licenses the building trades through the Construction Industries Board (CIB), which administers the mechanical, plumbing, and electrical licenses. As a condition of those licenses, a contractor files a $5,000 surety bond running to the Board.
The bond is a compliance guarantee: it stands behind your work being done in accordance with Oklahoma's codes, rules, and regulations for the trade. If a licensed contractor violates those requirements and the Board or a harmed party suffers a loss, they can recover against the bond.
Several Oklahoma municipalities use the same $5,000 figure for local trade licenses — sign contractors, certain building trades — running to the city rather than the state. It is a three-party guarantee: if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. At $5,000 it is the $275 minimum.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond does not 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.