{"id":160,"date":"2013-01-06T20:28:10","date_gmt":"2013-01-06T20:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/suretyone.com\/blog\/?p=160"},"modified":"2017-01-03T16:20:48","modified_gmt":"2017-01-03T16:20:48","slug":"contractor-license-surety-bond-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/suretyone.com\/blog\/contractor-license-surety-bond-in-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Contractor license surety bond in Florida."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Florida contractors must provide a <strong><a title=\"Commercial Bond page\" href=\"https:\/\/suretyone.com\/commercial-surety-bonds\" target=\"_blank\">Florida contractor license bond<\/a><\/strong> in order to obtain a contractor license. \u00a0The bond requirement is $20,000. \u00a0Many Florida contractors have found it difficult to obtain the required bond because of the <a title=\"FL Dpt of Contractor Lic - Fin Resp Course page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myfloridalicense.com\/dbpr\/pro\/cilb\/Financial.html\" target=\"_blank\">Board&#8217;s subjective requirement<\/a> that the applicant have a FICO (credit) score of 660 or higher. \u00a0Relief is available! \u00a0If the contractor applicant completes a Board approved &#8216;financial responsibility course&#8217;, the Board may reduce the required bond to $5,000 or $10,000, depending on the contractor&#8217;s license Division. \u00a0Click <a title=\"FL Dpt of Contractor Licensing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myfloridalicense.com\/dbpr\/pro\/cilb\/documents\/cilb_approved_financial_responsibility_courses.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> for a list of approved schools! \u00a0<strong>Miami surety leader<\/strong>, \u00a0<a title=\"Surety One\" href=\"https:\/\/suretyone.com\" target=\"_blank\">Surety One, Inc.<\/a>\u00a0is happy to provide these surety bonds to all applicants regardless of credit condition. \u00a0Visit us at\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a title=\"Surety One\" href=\"https:\/\/suretyone.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">SuretyOne.com<\/span><\/a><\/span>, call\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(787) 333-0222<\/span>\u00a0or\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(800) 373-2804<\/span>, or email\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Underwriting@SuretyOne.com<\/span>\u00a0for further information or \u00a0for a <strong>Florida contractor bond<\/strong> application.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida contractors must provide a Florida contractor license bond in order to obtain a contractor license. \u00a0The bond requirement is $20,000. \u00a0Many Florida contractors have found it difficult to obtain the required bond because of the Board&#8217;s subjective requirement that&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/suretyone.com\/blog\/contractor-license-surety-bond-in-florida\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[139],"tags":[140,142,141,143,144],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.7.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Contractor license surety bond in Florida. &bull; Surety One, Inc.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/suretyone.com\/blog\/contractor-license-surety-bond-in-florida\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Contractor license surety bond in Florida. &bull; Surety One, Inc.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Florida contractors must provide a Florida contractor license bond in order to obtain a contractor license. \u00a0The bond requirement is $20,000. \u00a0Many Florida contractors have found it difficult to obtain the required bond because of the Board&#8217;s subjective requirement that... 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