Seattle side sewer performance bonds.
$150 flat.
The City of Seattle requires a fixed $30,000 performance bond of contractors registered to install and repair side sewers. Ours is $150 — the price you see is the checkout price, identical for every contractor. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit check.
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How much does a Seattle side sewer performance bond cost?
$150 at the $30,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
Contractor registration bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Fixed contractor performance bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the City of Seattle
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your Seattle side sewer contractor registration. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
A registered side sewer contractor connects and repairs private side sewers tied into Seattle's public system. The performance bond is the city's financial backstop that you'll do the work to city standards, restore the right-of-way, and correct defective work within the guarantee period.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Seattle (the obligee). If your work damages the public 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.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
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 $30,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
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.
How to file it
File with the City of Seattle. Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your Seattle side sewer contractor registration. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $150 at the $30,000 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.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields. No credit check. Most applications approve instantly.
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Finish your side sewer registration today.
$150, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.