They run for a term, and a lapse suspends the license. A California contractor bond must be on file before the CSLB will issue, reactivate, or renew a license, under Business and Professions Code 7071.6, and the required amount is $25,000. If the bond cancels or expires without a replacement, the license is suspended and the work cannot legally continue. Related filings run alongside it: a bond of qualifying individual where one applies, and a $100,000 employee and worker bond for an LLC licensee. Current as of August 2026.
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No. Fidelity is crime coverage for employee theft, which we handle separately.
A bid bond backs your bid, a performance bond backs your completion of the work, and a payment bond backs payment to subs and suppliers.
No. It guarantees your obligation to the obligee. If the surety pays a claim, you are expected to repay it.
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