Kingsport plumbing bonds.
$100 flat. Five minutes.
The City of Kingsport requires every plumbing contractor to post a $10,000 performance bond with the Building Division to open a contractor account. Ours is $100 flat, identical for every contractor — the application is five minutes, and the application collects no credit information.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Performance bonds for a contractor account are simple. 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
Bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the Building Division
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your Kingsport contractor-account application at the Building Division (415 Broad St). Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
The City of Kingsport licenses trade contractors through its Building Division, and conditions a plumbing contractor account on a $10,000 performance bond. It goes in the same packet as your TN state LLP license, business license, and a certificate of insurance naming the City of Kingsport as certificate holder.
The bond is a code-and-performance guarantee: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Kingsport (the obligee). It stands behind your compliance with the city’s plumbing code and the proper performance of your permitted work within city limits.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Contractors who pull permits and work to code treat the bond as an account formality. We track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out so your account stays in good standing.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — the application collects no credit information for this bond.
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If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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Open your Kingsport contractor account today.
$100 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.