NC landscape contractor bonds.
$100 flat.
North Carolina requires a licensed landscape contractor to be covered by a $10,000 surety compliance bond filed with the Landscape Contractors' Licensing Board — ours is $100 flat, set by our carrier for this bond. 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 and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
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 Licensing Board
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email. The Board wants the original Form SB01 and power of attorney mailed to its Raleigh office — we mail the wet-ink original on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
North Carolina licenses landscape contractors through the Landscape Contractors' Licensing Board, and conditions the license on a $10,000 surety compliance bond. The bond is a consumer-protection guarantee: it stands behind your compliance with Chapter 89D and protects any person who suffers loss from a licensed contractor's noncompliance.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Board with the public as the protected parties. You must be covered by a bond at all times you hold the license — either an individual bond like this one, or a corporate bond through your employer. Leave the corporate bond and you need your own.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The Board uses Form SB01, the North Carolina Landscape Contractors' Licensing Surety Compliance Bond; we issue on that form and track the renewal so your license stays continuous.
You need this bond if you're
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — the application collects no credit information for this bond.
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$100 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.