KY water well driller bonds.
$100 flat.
Kentucky conditions a water well driller certification on a fixed $5,000 bond filed with the Division of Water — ours is $100 flat. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit review of any kind, not even a soft pull.
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Three steps. One sitting.
License bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details, your certificate of deposit or escrow details if applicable, and an effective date. No financials, and no credit information collected.
Pay & e-sign
Small fixed-amount license bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the Division of Water
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your well driller certification. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Kentucky certifies water well drillers — anyone who operates well-drilling equipment, drills or drives wells, or installs and repairs water-well pumping equipment — through the Division of Water in the Energy and Environment Cabinet. The certification is conditioned on a $5,000 performance bond running to the Commonwealth.
The bond is a well-construction-standards guarantee: it backs your obligation to drill and construct wells in compliance with Kentucky's water-well construction standards, which protect groundwater from contamination. If you violate those standards, the harmed party — including the state — can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. A certificate of deposit or cash bond can be posted in lieu of surety, but most drillers use the bond because it ties up no cash. We issue it at $100 flat, with no credit information collected.
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One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — the application collects no credit information.
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$100 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.