City of Memphis plumber bonds.
$100 flat.
The City of Memphis requires a $5,000 bond to hold a city plumber license. Ours is $100 flat — the price you see is the checkout price — and license bonds like this are issued on the spot.
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How much does a City of Memphis plumber bond cost?
$100 at the $5,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
Plumber license bonds are simple. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Small license bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the City of Memphis
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to submit with your City of Memphis plumber license. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
A city plumber bond is a code-compliance guarantee to the City of Memphis. When you hold a city plumber license, Memphis wants a financial backstop that you'll perform plumbing work to the adopted plumbing code and follow the city's licensing rules.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Memphis (the obligee), with property owners and the public protected. If you violate the plumbing code or licensing rules 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. Plumbers who pull permits and work to code treat the bond as a license formality, not a risk.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the $5,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The bond runs to December 31 whatever day you buy; the premium covers the period to that date.
Renewal falls on the statutory date, December 31, in the year your term ends.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
File with the City of Memphis. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to submit with your City of Memphis plumber license. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $5,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
No credit check.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields. No credit check.
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Finish your Memphis plumber license today.
$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.