The City of Redmond requires a fixed $5,000 bond to register as a side sewer contractor and connect side sewers to the city system. Ours is $100 flat — the price you see is the checkout price, set by our carrier's rate book for this bond. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit review of any kind, not even a soft pull.
















Contractor registration bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit section.
Small fixed contractor bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your City of Redmond side sewer contractor registration. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
A side sewer contractor connects private side sewers to the City of Redmond's sewer main. The city wants a financial backstop that you'll do the work to city standards, restore the right-of-way, and follow your registration and permit conditions.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Redmond (the obligee). If a contractor's defective work damages the city system or the right-of-way and is not corrected, 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 spec and restore the site treat the bond as a registration formality.
These are the actual issuing fields — the application collects no credit information for this bond.
Start the application →$100 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.