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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.