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Hempstead contractor license bonds.
$100 flat.
The City of Hempstead requires contractors to register with its Building Department and file a surety bond with the city before pulling permits, under the building regulations in Chapter 4 of the city code. This form is written at $15,000, and ours is $100 flat.
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City contractor registration bonds are among the simplest filings in surety. Here is the entire process:
Apply online
Business details, your contractor type, an effective date, and a term. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
This bond is checkout-priced at $100 flat, so it issues the moment you pay — your executed bond and power of attorney generate on the spot.
File with the City of Hempstead
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your contractor registration at Hempstead City Hall. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Texas has no statewide general contractor license, so construction licensing lives with the city. Hempstead regulates it through Chapter 4 of its Code of Ordinances — Article 4.02 adopts the building, residential, plumbing, mechanical, and electrical codes the city enforces, and its plumbing and electrical divisions each bar a contractor from working in the city utilities service area without first furnishing a bond. Contractors register with the Building Department and file a surety bond running to the City of Hempstead with that registration. This form is written at $15,000.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Hempstead (the obligee). The bond stands behind your compliance with the city's construction codes and permit conditions — if faulty work or a code violation causes a loss, the city or a harmed party can recover against it, up to $15,000.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The registration has to stay bonded continuously to keep pulling permits, so we track the term and send renewal notices 60 and 30 days out.
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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 $15,000 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 the City of Hempstead. Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your contractor registration at Hempstead City Hall. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $15,000 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 — business details, your contractor type, an effective date, and a term. That is the entire application.
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$100 flat, issued the moment you pay, no credit check. Free until issued.