Contractor License Bonds
Place a contractor license bond for your client through Baker's wholesale surety market. Meets state licensing board requirements like California's CSLB.
A contractor license bond is the license and permit bond a state contractor licensing board requires before it issues or renews a contractor license. Baker places it wholesale for your agency.
What it does
- →Guarantees the contractor follows the state's contractor licensing law
- →Protects consumers, subcontractors, and employees harmed by a violation
- →Satisfies the board's bonding condition so the license can be issued or kept
Who needs it
Contractors applying for or renewing a state license where the board requires a bond.
- →Required by boards such as California's CSLB and their counterparts in other states
- →The required bond amount is set by the state, not by the contractor
- →Some trades and license classes carry their own separate bonding rules
How to place it through Baker
Send us the contractor's state, license class, and the board's bond requirement.
- →Start a bond quote, or send the application link to your client
** Terms used here are a summary only. Always refer to the bond form and the obligee's requirements.