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Call Building Development Services on 417-864-1059 and ask for the bond amount before you buy anything. Springfield says contractors must be licensed, insured and bonded, but the city does not publish a figure, an obligee or a bond form on any of its licensing pages or in its published code. Figures quoted on other websites do not agree with each other, and none of them cite a source. Get the number from the city, send it to us, and we will write the bond to match it the same day.
The City of Springfield states that a contractor must hold the required city license, insurance and bonding. It does not publish the bond amount. Springfield's building, electrical, mechanical and plumbing codes and its building trades appeals and licensing provisions are adopted in Land Development Code section 36-91, and Chapter 26 Article II of the city code, which formerly carried the building code, is reserved. Section 70-46 sets general insurance and bond rules for city licenses without naming a figure. Because no amount, obligee or prescribed form is published, confirm the requirement with Building Development Services before buying a bond.
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Worth saying first, because it is the whole problem with this bond and nobody else will tell you.
Springfield's own contractor page states that a contractor working in the city must hold the required city license, insurance and bonding. That is the city saying bonding is part of it. What the city does not do, anywhere we could find, is say how much.
We looked at the city's contractor licensing page, its Building Trades Examination and Certification Board page, its Forms, Applications and Fees page, its Building Trades Appeals and Licensing certification document, its page on getting a business insured and bonded, Chapter 70 of the city code on licenses and permits, and Chapter 26 on buildings and building regulations. None of them carries a bond amount, an obligee or a bond form.
So do not take a figure off a website, including this one. Ring Building Development Services on 417-864-1059 and ask two questions. Does my licence or registration require a surety bond, and if so, in what amount and made out to whom. That call takes a couple of minutes and it is the only reliable answer available.
If you want to understand why the number is hard to find, this is why.
Chapter 26 of the city code covers buildings and building regulations, and its Article II, which used to carry the building code, is now marked reserved. The editor's note at the head of the chapter explains where it went: the city's building, electrical, mechanical and plumbing codes and building trades, appeals and licensing are adopted in the Land Development Code, section 36-91.
A code adopted by reference is not always reproduced in the published ordinances. That is the most likely reason a bond figure exists in practice but does not appear in the searchable code.
Chapter 70 does have a bond provision, section 70-46, headed insurance and bond requirements. It deals with liability insurance generally and with what happens when a bond or insurance policy is cancelled or revoked. It names no amount and singles out no trade.
The certification side is documented clearly, and it is worth knowing because none of it substitutes for a bond.
The Building Trades Examination and Certification Board administers licensing for the building crafts and trades. The city certifies four trades, Electrical, Mechanical, Plumbing and Gas Fitter, each at Master and at Journeyman level.
Exams are taken through Pearson Vue at approximately $125.00. A score of 75 percent or higher passes. Authorization to test is good for one year and 99 attempts. The certification card itself costs $25.00 for a Journeyman and $50.00 for a Master. The study guides are the ICC books, the 2017 edition for Electrical and the 2018 editions for Plumbing, Mechanical and Gas Fitter.
The city also publishes a Contractor Master Registration form alongside its trade certification packet and apprentice application.
Do not confuse the two, because they come from different parts of the code and different counters.
Chapter 70 of the city code governs business and occupational licences generally. Section 70-34 requires a licence, section 70-36 covers the application, section 70-37 sets the term and the proration of the fee, and sections 70-81 through 70-84 set fees on a standard scale based on gross sales or receipts. That is the city business licence.
Your trade certification, your contractor registration, your business licence and any bond are four separate things. Sorting out which ones apply to you is the first call, not the last.
If you have shopped this around already you will have been quoted more than one amount, and that is not a coincidence.
When a city requires a bond in practice but does not publish the figure in a place search engines can read, the number gets copied from one commercial page to another and drifts. None of those pages cites an ordinance, because there is not one to cite.
We would rather tell you that than print a confident number we cannot stand behind. Confirm it with the city, and we will write it.
The published code is not out of date, so this is not a stale snapshot problem. Springfield's Code of Ordinances is codified through General Ordinance No. 6973, enacted January 12, 2026, at Supplement 23, Update 2, with online content updated on August 13, 2026. The bond figure is genuinely not in it.
We are not going to guess, and you should be wary of anyone who does. The City of Springfield states that a contractor must hold the required city licence, insurance and bonding, but it publishes no amount on its contractor licensing page, its Building Trades Examination and Certification Board page, its forms and fees page, its certification document, or in Chapter 26 or Chapter 70 of its published code. Ring Building Development Services on 417-864-1059 and ask. Send us the figure and we will write it.
None of them cites an ordinance, which is the tell. When a city requires a bond in practice but does not publish the figure where it can be searched, numbers get copied between commercial pages and drift apart. The city is the only reliable source here.
Because of where the rules sit. Chapter 26 of the city code covers buildings, but its Article II, which used to carry the building code, is marked reserved. The editor's note says the city's building, electrical, mechanical and plumbing codes and its building trades, appeals and licensing are adopted in the Land Development Code, section 36-91. A code adopted by reference is not always reproduced in the published ordinances, so the figure can exist in practice without appearing in the searchable code.
Not for the amount. Section 70-46 is headed insurance and bond requirements and sits in the general business and occupational licence article. It deals with liability insurance generally and with cancellation or revocation of a bond or insurance policy. It names no dollar figure and singles out no trade.
The Building Trades Examination and Certification Board administers licensing for the building crafts and trades. Four trades are certified, Electrical, Mechanical, Plumbing and Gas Fitter, each at Master and Journeyman level. Exams go through Pearson Vue at approximately $125.00, the pass mark is 75 percent or higher, and authorization to test is good for one year and 99 attempts. The certification card is $25.00 for a Journeyman and $50.00 for a Master.
The ICC books. The 2017 edition for Electrical, and the 2018 editions for Plumbing, Mechanical and Gas Fitter.
No. Certification, registration, the city business licence and any bond are separate requirements from separate parts of the city's system. Passing the trade exam satisfies the certification requirement and nothing else.
No. Chapter 70, Article II of the city code governs business and occupational licences generally, with section 70-34 requiring a licence, section 70-37 setting the term and the proration of the fee, and sections 70-81 through 70-84 setting fees on a standard scale based on gross sales or receipts. Your trade certification and Contractor Master Registration come from Building Development Services and are a different filing.
No, and we checked. Springfield's Code of Ordinances is codified through General Ordinance No. 6973, enacted January 12, 2026, at Supplement 23, Update 2, with online content updated on August 13, 2026. The bond amount is genuinely not in the published code.
You pay an annual premium rather than the face amount, and we cannot quote a rate without knowing the amount the city is asking for. At the sizes typical of a municipal contractor bond, the owner's personal credit is what mainly moves the rate and the bond is written routinely. Get the figure from the city and we will give you a real number rather than a range.
Building Development Services, 417-864-1059, at the Busch Municipal Building, 840 Boonville Avenue, first floor. For checking whether a contractor already holds a licence, the city offers an online business licence search or 417-864-1617.
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