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Brandon, MS — Contractor's License Bond

Brandon calls for a $5,000 bond payable to the City with contractor registration. Its checklist calls this a performance bond, but describes the condition as compliance with City ordinances/regulations and State statutes, not a separate guarantee for a named construction contract.

Also known as Brandon Contractor Bonds

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Recorded state
Mississippi
Bond type
Contractor License / Registration Bond
Category
Contractors & construction

What this bond does

Provide the specified security for City contractor registration before the associated permit can be issued.

Who needs it
Contractors registering the applicable trades and identifying the company, license holder and people authorized to pull permits.
Who it protects
Match the City's stated compliance obligation and accepted instrument. The word performance on the registration checklist does not by itself make a project owner's performance/payment bond an interchangeable substitute.

Your bond option

This is the option on record for this bond.

The bond amount describes the limit of the bond obligation, not the price. A listed amount does not establish what the requesting party requires. The premium is what you pay and must be confirmed for the actual option. An E&O limit, where listed, is separate errors and omissions insurance.

Identify the company and its authorized permit signers

The annual application separates business name, license holder, credential, liability policy and bond details. It allows multiple registration types; do not infer from trade-registration counts that each person must buy another bond.

For other people to pull permits, the form offers either a signed/dated license-holder request on company letterhead naming them or the application's authorized-user section. Their authority to obtain permits is different from naming the bond principal.

Complete registration before relying on permit eligibility

The current webpage and posted application agree on the $5,000 City compliance bond. Their credential wording differs: the webpage mentions a valid State or Mississippi municipal license, while the application lists the State credential. Confirm which evidence Community Development accepts for your activity. The application also lists the liability declaration page separately.

Purchase Now opens RLI in a new tab. Match the accepted City form, applicant, $5,000 and dates before applying. After issuance, check execution and submit the separate registration documents. Annual registration is not proof of this option's bond term, and provider payment is not an issued permit.

Sources

Have these ready

  1. Identify registration types, business and license holder.
  2. Prepare any permitted authorization for other permit signers.
  3. Confirm accepted credentials, liability evidence and the $5,000 City instrument.
  4. Check issued execution and complete registration before the permit step.

Questions about this bond

Why does the City call this a performance bond?

Its registration checklist uses that name and describes compliance with City ordinances/regulations and State statutes. Match that obligation, not just a generic project-bond title.

Is an authorized permit signer automatically the bond principal?

No. The application separates company/license-holder identity from additional people authorized to pull permits.

Does annual registration establish a one-year provider term?

No. Confirm the actual accepted bond dates separately from the City's registration cycle.

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