Landscaping Contractor Bond
Every C-27 landscape contractor in California carries the same $25,000 license bond. Landscaping tied to public parks or new development often adds performance, payment, and site-improvement bonds. We place them all, fast.
- Classification
- C-27
- 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 landscaping contractor needs
The license bond does not change by trade. Landscape contractors run into project bonds when work is part of a public job or a new development: parks and public grounds are bonded with performance and payment bonds, and landscaping inside a subdivision can fall under the developer's site-improvement bond.
Required of every CSLB-licensed contractor, in every classification.
Required on most public and larger private jobs to guarantee the work and pay your subs and suppliers.
When landscaping is part of the required public improvements in a development.
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.
C-27 bonding FAQs
Reviewed by Michael Melshenker, CEO. Figures verified against CSLB sources.
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