ID well driller bonds.
From $100. Enter your amount.
Idaho licenses well drillers through the Department of Water Resources under Idaho Code § 42-238, and conditions the license on a surety bond payable to the Director. The Director sets the amount, and the premium is 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum — your exact price appears in the calculator below.
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No underwriting queue for the standard driller bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the Department of Water Resources. Here is the whole thing:
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Your business details, the bond amount the Director set, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
Issued on the spot
The application collects no credit information, so most applicants are approved and the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay. If a check does run on a larger amount, it is a soft pull that never touches your score.
File with the Department of Water Resources
Submit the executed bond with your driller license application or renewal. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the Department insists on them.
What it is and who needs it.
What the driller bond actually covers
Idaho licenses well drillers and equipment operators through the Department of Water Resources under Idaho Code § 42-238, with the driller-licensing rules in IDAPA 37.03.10. A licensed company must post a surety bond payable to the Director, covering each driller it licenses.
The bond protects the state's groundwater and the public against substandard work. Under the statute, the Department can charge against the bond the cost of data collection, and the cost of repairing, reconstructing, or abandoning a well, up to the full penal sum, when a driller fails to construct a well to standard.
The amount is set by the Director within the limits of § 42-238 — there is no single fixed figure for every driller. Enter the amount on your license materials and your exact price appears at the application, starting from $100, with no credit information collected; if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety.
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One application, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with the bond amount the Director set — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file with the Department of Water Resources.
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Premiums from $100. Enter the amount the Director set and file the same day.