The City of Hendersonville requires a $10,000 contractor permit bond for contracts or bids under $25,000 within city limits. Ours is $300 flat — 3% of the bond amount, identical for every contractor — and the application is five minutes with no credit check.
















Permit 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, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Permit 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 Hendersonville Building and Codes Department. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
$10,000 bond × 3% = $300, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
The City of Hendersonville conditions its contractor permits on a surety bond filed with the Building and Codes Department. The $10,000 bond applies to contracts or bids under $25,000; larger jobs require the $50,000 bond instead. It is a code-compliance guarantee for work done within city limits.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Hendersonville (the obligee). The bond guarantees you comply with the city’s codes, laws, and ordinances governing building, grading, excavation in the public right-of-way, plumbing, electrical, gas/mechanical, housing, fire, health, and zoning.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Contractors who build to code treat the bond as a permit formality. We track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out so your filing stays continuous.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.