OR water well constructor bonds.
$600. Five minutes.
Every Oregon water well constructor must furnish a $20,000 surety bond to the Water Resources Department before it issues a license, under ORS 537.747(5). Ours is $600 flat — 3% of the bond amount, the same for every constructor. Five-minute application, no credit check on this bond.
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Three steps. One sitting.
License bonds are among the simplest things in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
Fixed license bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the Water Resources Department
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your Oregon Water Resources Department constructor license. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
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$20,000 bond × 3% = $600, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Oregon licenses water well constructors through the Water Resources Department under ORS Chapter 537. No one may legally construct, alter, abandon, or convert a water supply well in Oregon without a constructor license — and the license is conditioned on a $20,000 surety bond filed with the Department.
The bond is a public-protection guarantee: it covers loss or damage caused by a constructor's failure to follow the well construction statutes and rules — for example, improper well construction that affects groundwater or a neighboring property. It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety, and the State of Oregon (the obligee), with harmed parties protected.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The bond must stay active for the life of your license, so we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out, keeping your $20,000 filing continuous.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
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$600 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.