SC residential specialty bonds.
$300. Five minutes.
South Carolina requires a licensed residential specialty contractor — HVAC, plumber, or electrician — to file a $10,000 bond with the Residential Builders Commission. Ours is $300 flat, which is 3% of the bond amount. License bonds like this are the fastest thing we issue.
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Three steps. One sitting.
License bonds are the simplest thing 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
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 Commission
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your Residential Builders Commission license application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$10,000 bond × 3% = $300, 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
South Carolina regulates residential specialty contractors — those doing HVAC, plumbing, or electrical work on residential structures — through the LLR Residential Builders Commission, under S.C. Code Title 40, Chapter 59. The licensed tier requires a $10,000 surety bond; the lower registered tier requires a $5,000 bond.
The bond is a consumer-protection guarantee: it stands behind your compliance with Chapter 40-59 and protects homeowners and others harmed by a violation. It is a three-party arrangement — you (the principal), the surety, and the Commission as obligee, with the public as the protected party.
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 to keep your $10,000 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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If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.