General Building Contractor Bond
Every Class B general building contractor in California carries the same $25,000 license bond. As a GC, your real bonding life is contract bonds: bid, performance, and payment bonds, backed by real bonding capacity. We place the license bond fast and build the program.
- Classification
- B
- License bond
- $25,000
- Statute
- BPC §7071.6
Every classification carries the same license bond. The premium is a percentage of it, set by underwriting, not what you pay in full.
Bonds a general building contractor needs
The license bond is the baseline every contractor shares. As a general building contractor you carry the contract program: you post bid bonds to compete, performance and payment bonds when you win, and you rely on a bonding capacity the surety sets from your financials. Growing GCs often lean on the SBA program to reach their first larger bonded jobs.
Required of every CSLB-licensed contractor, in every classification.
The core program for a GC bidding and building bonded public and private work.
Bridges capacity for newer and growing general contractors.
Not sure which of these your jobs actually require? Tell us about your work and a real underwriter will map the exact bonds you need, or read the full contractor license bond guide.
B bonding FAQs
Reviewed by Michael Melshenker, CEO. Figures verified against CSLB sources.
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