OR water well constructor bonds.
$200 flat.
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). The price you see is the checkout price: $200, the same for every constructor. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit review of any kind, not even a soft pull.
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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 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.
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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One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because this application doesn't have one.
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$200 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.