WA fire sprinkler contractor bonds.
$100 flat.
Washington licenses fire sprinkler contractors through the State Fire Marshal under RCW 18.160.090. A contractor whose work is restricted to residential (NFPA 13-D and 13-R) systems files a $6,000 bond — ours is $100 flat, the price you see is the checkout price. The Level 2 certificate of competency is the qualification your layout staff hold; the bond rides on the licensed contractor.
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Three steps. One sitting.
License bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the State Fire Marshal
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your fire sprinkler contractor license application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
A fire sprinkler contractor bond is a customer-protection guarantee. Under RCW 18.160.090, before the State Fire Marshal licenses you to install, inspect, maintain, or service fire protection sprinkler systems, you post a bond standing behind the contracts you sign.
The bond is conditioned that you will pay any customer who obtains a judgment against you for breach of a sprinkler-system contract. It runs to the state of Washington, with your customers as the protected parties. The certificate-of-competency levels (1, 2, 3) describe the layout qualifications your personnel hold — they do not change the penal sum.
The statute sets the bond at $6,000 when your business is restricted solely to NFPA 13-D or 13-R systems (one- and two-family and low-rise residential), and $10,000 otherwise. It must stay active for the life of your license — we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out, keeping your $6,000 filing continuous.
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$100 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.