York County, Virginia requires a $10,000 surety bond as a condition of its local business license for plumbing contracting work. Ours is $100 flat — the price you see is the checkout price, the same for every contractor. The application is one short form.
















County contractor license bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Business details and an effective date. That is the application — no financials, no credit section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the York County business license office. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
York County, Virginia conditions its local contractor business license on a $10,000 surety bond. It is a public-protection guarantee: it stands behind your compliance with the County's plumbing contracting licensing and permit rules and the building codes the County enforces.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier standing behind you, and York County (the obligee), with County residents as the protected parties. If a licensed contractor violates the County's plumbing contracting ordinance or permit conditions 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. Contractors who pull proper permits and finish their work treat the bond as a license formality, not a risk.
These are the actual issuing fields — the application collects no credit information, because this bond's application doesn't need it.
Start the application →$100 flat, short application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.