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The City of Longview, TX requires a $50,000 bond from contractors registering to work in the city. Ours is $250 flat — the price you see is the checkout price — with a short application. No credit check.
















Contractor registration bonds like this are the simplest thing in surety. Here is the entire process:
Business details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Fixed contractor bonds like this are among the thousands that issue right after purchase.
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your Longview contractor registration. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The City of Longview, TX requires contractors to register and post a $50,000 bond before pulling permits. The bond is a compliance guarantee: it stands behind your work to city building codes and your restoration of any public property you disturb on a project.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Longview (the obligee), with the city and the public protected. If you violate the building code, damage city property, or abandon permitted work, the city can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Contractors who build to code treat the $50,000 bond as a registration formality, not a risk. We issue it for $250 flat, with no credit check on the application.
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 $50,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
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.
File with the City of Longview. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your Longview contractor registration. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The premium is fixed at $250 at the $50,000 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.
These are the actual issuing fields. No credit check.
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$250 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.