The City of Shawnee requires tree trimmers to file a $1,000 surety bond as a condition of a city license. Ours is $100 flat — the price you see is the price you pay, no 3% math. The application is five minutes, and city license bonds like this are the fastest thing we issue.
















City license bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here is the entire process:
Business details and an effective date. That is the application — no financials, no credit section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Small city license 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 Shawnee for your tree trimmer license. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
A City of Shawnee tree trimmer bond is a compliance-and-public-protection guarantee. Trimming trees near streets, sidewalks, and power lines carries real risk to public property — the city wants a financial backstop that you follow its tree-care ordinance and repair any damage your work causes.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier standing behind you, and the City of Shawnee (the obligee). If you violate the ordinance or leave city property damaged, the city can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Trimmers who work to code and clean up after themselves treat the bond as a license formality, not a risk.
These are the actual issuing fields — the application collects no credit information for this bond.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
$100 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.