Surety Bonds in Chico
A college town and North Valley hub still rebuilding nearby. Practical, fast bonding.
The Camp Fire reshaped Butte County, and Chico absorbed the aftermath: displaced residents, a housing squeeze, and a rebuilding effort in Paradise and the ridge towns that is still underway years later. Contractors here move between college-town remodels near Chico State, agricultural and processing work in the rice and almond country, and fire-hardened reconstruction where defensible space and updated codes now govern the job. Sierra Nevada Brewing anchors the local industrial base. Almost every trade on these jobs carries the $25,000 CSLB license bond, and the public rebuild contracts often require performance and payment bonds. MM Bonding shops those across multiple sureties and takes on the credit-bruised files too.
What Chico contractors get bonded for
Wildfire rebuilding across Paradise and the Butte County foothills, plus college-town and agricultural work, keeps demand high for the CSLB license bond, and the publicly funded reconstruction and infrastructure contracts frequently call for performance and payment bonds.
License & Permit
The $25,000 contractor license bond, BQI, LLC, and disciplinary bonds.
Contract Bonds
Bid, performance, and payment bonds for public and private projects.
Hard-to-Place
Bad credit, prior claims, new contractors, high-risk classes. Declined elsewhere? Start here.
Which surety bond do you need in Chico?
"Surety bond" covers several different products, and Chico contractors usually need more than one over the life of a business. This page is the starting point for all of them.
- The $25,000 contractor license bond. Required of every CSLB-licensed contractor under BPC §7071.6, statewide and continuously. See the contractor license bond guide for what it covers and what it costs.
- Bid, performance, and payment bonds. Project-specific bonds for public and larger private work. These are underwritten on your financials rather than sold off the shelf. See contract bonds.
- Commercial and specialty bonds. Notary, auto dealer, freight broker, probate, permit, and dozens more across commercial bonds.
- Hard-to-place files. Bad credit, a prior claim, a tax lien, or a business formed last month. We place these where automated sites decline. See hard-to-place surety bonds.
Not sure which applies to your job? Tell us what you are bidding and we will tell you what the obligee will require.
Serving Chico and Butte County & the North Valley
We bond contractors across the region, including these communities, and everywhere else in California.
Chico surety bond FAQs
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