Well Driller ($5,000) Bond - Tehama County, CA in California

Brief Summary

Tehama County will not issue a licensed well driller's first well permit until a $5,000 bond in the county's favor is on file and approved by county counsel. Get the bond in place before you pull that first permit and the job is not held up at the counter.

Tehama County Code section 9.42.280 requires a licensed well driller to post a $5,000 surety bond in favor of the county before the driller's first well permit in the county is issued. The surety must be a corporation authorized under California law to write bonds, and county counsel examines and approves the bond. The Environmental Health Department keeps the county's well driller bond list.

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How to Apply for a Well Driller ($5,000) Bond:

• Hold an active C-57 water well contractor's license.
• Apply for the $5,000 bond with Tehama County named as obligee.
• Provide owner and company details for the credit review and review the quoted premium.
• Pay the premium and receive the executed bond.
• Submit the bond to Tehama County Environmental Health so county counsel can examine and approve it.
• Apply for your first well permit once the bond is approved.

Detailed Information About the California Well Driller ($5,000) Bond:

When the bond is due

The bond is tied to your first well permit in Tehama County, not to your state license. Under Tehama County Code 9.42.280, before a licensed well driller's first permit is issued under Chapter 9.42, the driller must obtain a surety bond executed in favor of the county in the penal amount of $5,000. Chapter 9.42 covers construction, reconstruction, repair and destruction of water wells, monitoring wells and cathodic protection wells. County counsel examines and approves the bond before any permit is issued. If a personal bond is furnished instead of a corporate surety bond, it is also $5,000.

What the bond guarantees

The bond's condition is that the driller, as principal, will truly and faithfully perform all duties and obligations required by Chapter 9.42, along with the terms, conditions, orders and directions the enforcing agency considers necessary to protect human health, safety and general welfare. In practice that means building and destroying wells to the county's standards so groundwater is not contaminated.

License and monitoring well rules

The bond does not replace a license. Section 9.42.305 says no one may drill, bore, deepen or reperforate a water well, monitoring well or cathodic protection well unless the person responsible holds a C-57 water well contractor's license.

There is one alternative for monitoring wells used in environmental assessments and site mitigation. Under section 9.42.285, the responsible registered professional may submit a certification, stamped with a current registration number and wet signature, that the wells will be built so groundwater quality is not impaired or polluted, in lieu of the driller's surety bond.

Permit fees are set by the Board of Supervisors and kept on file with the Department of Environmental Health. Confirm the current fee and bond form with Environmental Health at (530) 527-8020 before the bond is issued.

Eligibility and Requirements for a California Well Driller ($5,000) Bond:

• Bond amount of $5,000.
• County of Tehama named as obligee.
• Surety must be a corporation authorized under California law to execute bonds.
• Bond approved by county counsel before any permit is issued.
• C-57 water well contractor's license held by the person responsible for the work.

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