The City of Milwaukee requires a $10,000 performance bond from a master plumber working in the city. Ours is $300 flat — 3% of the bond amount, identical for every plumber. The application is five minutes, and license bonds like this are the fastest thing we issue.
















License bonds are about the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check 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 your City of Milwaukee master plumber registration. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
$10,000 bond × 3% = $300, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
The City of Milwaukee registers master plumbers and conditions that registration on a performance bond. The bond is a workmanship and code-compliance guarantee: it stands behind your plumbing work meeting the city's plumbing code and your repairing of defective work within the city's required period.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Milwaukee (the obligee). If your plumbing work fails the code or you leave defective work unrepaired, the city can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Master plumbers who do code-compliant work and stand behind it treat the bond as a registration formality, not a risk.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.