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Garland general repair bonds.
$100 flat.
The City of Garland Building Inspection Department requires a $5,000 general repair bond from contractors who perform general repair work — painting, carpentry, and similar — inside city limits. Ours is $100 flat — the price you see is the checkout price. No credit check.
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Three steps. One sitting.
City contractor bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Small fixed-amount city bonds like this issue right after purchase, most of the time.
File with Garland Building Inspection
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with the City of Garland Building Inspection Department to complete your contractor registration. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
The City of Garland Building Inspection Department registers contractors before they may work in city limits, and requires a $5,000 general repair bond from those doing general repair work — typically painting, carpentry, and similar repairs on buildings or structures. The bond is a code-compliance guarantee that your work meets the city's codes and ordinances.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Garland (the obligee), with the city and the public as the protected parties. If a contractor's repair work violates city codes and the city must remedy it, a claim can be made against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. We track the filing so your $5,000 bond stays continuous for as long as your Garland registration is active.
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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 premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
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 Garland Building Inspection. Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with the City of Garland Building Inspection Department to complete your contractor registration. 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 Garland registration today.
$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.