The City of Hendersonville requires a $40,000 license bond from gas and mechanical contractors before licensing them to work in the city. Ours is $1,200 flat — 3% of the bond amount, the same for every contractor. Five minutes, with no credit check on this bond.
















Municipal license 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.
Municipal 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 Hendersonville Codes department with your gas/mechanical contractor license. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
$40,000 bond × 3% = $1,200, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
A city gas and mechanical contractor license bond is a code-compliance and public-safety guarantee. The City of Hendersonville licenses gas and mechanical (HVAC) contractors and wants a financial backstop that you'll do the work to the adopted fuel-gas and mechanical codes and the city's licensing rules — a trade where mistakes are dangerous.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Hendersonville (the obligee), with the public as the protected party. If you violate the city's gas, mechanical, or licensing ordinances and someone is harmed, they can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Licensed gas and mechanical contractors who work to code treat the bond as a license formality, not a risk.
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.
$1,200 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.