The City of Hendersonville requires a $40,000 license bond from plumbing 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 plumbing 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 plumbing contractor license bond is a code-compliance guarantee. The City of Hendersonville licenses plumbing contractors and wants a financial backstop that you'll do plumbing work to the adopted code and the city's licensing rules — at $40,000, this is one of the larger municipal trade bonds in Middle Tennessee.
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 plumbing 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 plumbers 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.