Alexandria home improvement contractor bonds.
From $100. Enter your amount.
The City of Alexandria licenses home improvement contractors and, under authority the Commonwealth grants localities at Code of Virginia § 54.1-1117, can condition that license on a surety bond. Alexandria's Code Administration office sets the bond amount when it processes your license application; pricing is 0.5% of the bond amount, $100 minimum. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit review of any kind, not even a soft pull.
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No long underwriting queue for the standard home improvement contractor bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the city. Here is the whole thing:
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Your business details, the bond amount your Alexandria license notice specifies, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
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The application collects no credit information, and most applicants are approved and issued as soon as they pay.
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Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your Alexandria home improvement contractor license application or renewal.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Virginia does not itself license home improvement contractors statewide for most residential work — instead, Code of Virginia § 54.1-1117 lets a locality adopt an ordinance requiring anyone in the home improvement business there to hold a license, and to furnish a bond as a condition of it. The City of Alexandria licenses home improvement contractors through its Code Administration office, which is where the bond is filed.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Alexandria (the obligee), with homeowners as the protected party. If a licensed contractor fails to perform residential repair or improvement work as agreed, or leaves the city with an unpaid, covered claim, the harmed homeowner can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. There is no single amount fixed in the state statute; Code Administration sets the figure when it issues or renews your license. Enter that amount and your premium is priced from a $100 minimum, with no credit information collected on the application.
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Pricing from $100, no credit review. Enter the amount Code Administration set and file the same day.