Contractor License ($5,000) Bond - Osceola County, FL in Florida

Brief Summary

If you hold a State Registered contractor license and want to pull permits in unincorporated Osceola County, this $5,000 bond is part of getting your license validated in the county Permit Center. It is a small annual bond on the county's own form, and it renews on the same September 30 cycle as your local Business Tax Receipt.

Osceola County requires a $5,000 Contractor's Surety Bond, payable to the Board of County Commissioners of Osceola County, from State Registered contractors registering with the county. State Certified contractors renew without it. The bond term ends September 30, the same date the local Business Tax Receipt must be renewed, and it is kept in force with a continuation certificate from the surety. Florida Statutes 489.131(3)(e) caps a local contractor bond at $5,000.

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How to Apply for a Contractor License ($5,000) Bond:

• Confirm your Florida license is State Registered. State Certified contractors do not file this bond with the county.
• Register the license in the Osceola County Permit Center under Licenses, then Register a License.
• Have your state license number, Business Tax Receipt, liability insurance and workers' compensation details ready.
• Complete the bond application and review the quoted premium.
• Have the surety execute the county's $5,000 Contractor's Surety Bond form.
• At each renewal, submit a continuation certificate with your documents to contractorlicensing@osceola.org by September 30.

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Registered or certified makes the difference

Florida issues two kinds of contractor licenses. A State Certified license is good anywhere in the state. A State Registered license is tied to local competency. Osceola County's licensing page lists the renewal documents for each, and only the State Registered list includes a continuation surety bond. Certified contractors submit their state license, general liability insurance, workers' compensation coverage or exemption, and the Business Tax Receipt, with no bond.

What the bond says

The county's Contractor's Surety Bond form sets a penal sum of $5,000 with the Board of County Commissioners of Osceola County, Florida as obligee. The contractor must observe the applicable county ordinance and Florida law, perform the duties they require, and hold the county harmless from suits, costs and damages, including attorney's fees, arising from work done by the contractor, its agents or employees. The surety may cancel on 30 days' written notice to the county.

The $5,000 ceiling

Florida Statutes 489.131(3)(e) allows a county to require one bond per contractor in an amount not to exceed $5,000. That is why the Osceola figure is flat rather than tiered.

Renewal timing

The bond form covers a period ending September 30, and the county requires the local Business Tax Receipt to be renewed each year by September 30. Registered contractors send the continuation bond with their other renewal documents to contractorlicensing@osceola.org. Confirm current filing steps with the Osceola County Building Office at 407-742-0200.

Eligibility and Requirements for a Florida Contractor License ($5,000) Bond:

• Board of County Commissioners of Osceola County, Florida named as obligee.
• Penal sum of $5,000 on the county Contractor's Surety Bond form.
• Company name on the bond matching the license held.
• Certificate of liability insurance listing Osceola County Board of County Commissioners as certificate holder and additional insured.
• Credit review of the contractor, which shapes the premium.

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