Crete contractor license & registration requirements

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   Completed application form

   Use the link in the sidebar.
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   Registration fee — $100 ('Contractor - $100' on JotForm; code fee schedule Sec. 2-301: Contractor's license – General $100.00)

   Landscape/Lawn Service $75; Plumbers with 055 – No Fee; Tree Removal Service – No Fee. (Code text Sec. 6-52 R116 still says 'annual fee ... Seventy-Five Dollars ($75.00)' but the fee schedule and current form show $100.) Code Sec. 2-301: nonspecified business with municipal contractor license pays 50% of the nonspecified business license rate.
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   License & permit bond — not published (no bond on JotForm application or in contractor-license code sections)confirm by phone

   Obligee not published — ask who the bond should name.
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   Certificate of insurance

   Code Sec. 6-52 (IRC R116 as amended): 'proof of insurance coverage of not less than $500,000 per occurrence.' JotForm requires 'Current COI with Village of Crete as the Policy Holder' (no dollar amount on form).
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   Workers' compensationconfirm by phone

   not published
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   Trade credentials

   Upload current COI naming Village of Crete; upload Electrical, Roofer's, Plumber's license if applicable (form asks for electrical license number, State of Illinois plumber's license number, State of Illinois roofer's license number); business must be registered with Illinois Department of Revenue. Misrepresentation may result in revocation.
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   Submit: Online form

   Online JotForm application (fields + document upload); page also gives forms@villageofcrete.org and fax. No mail/in-person instructions stated.

   Portal: JotForm

License term (as published)

Annual license; code Sec. 12-9(a): 'All annual licenses shall terminate on the last day of the fiscal year of the village for which they are issued' and Sec. 2-2: fiscal year begins May 1 – i.e., licenses run through April 30 (derived from code; not stated on the form or web page).

Expiry model

Fixed year — everyone expires Apr 30. Next: Apr 30, 2027

Renewal window / late fees

not published (code Sec. 12-9(b): Village Clerk mails licensees a statement of expiration prior to the expiration date; failure to receive notice is not an excuse)

General contractor fee

$100 ('Contractor - $100' on JotForm; code fee schedule Sec. 2-301: Contractor's license – General $100.00)

Subcontractor / trade fee

$100.00 (code fee schedule Sec. 2-301: Contractor's license – Sub $100.00; JotForm uses a single 'Contractor - $100' category)

Other fees & penalties

Landscape/Lawn Service $75; Plumbers with 055 – No Fee; Tree Removal Service – No Fee. (Code text Sec. 6-52 R116 still says 'annual fee ... Seventy-Five Dollars ($75.00)' but the fee schedule and current form show $100.) Code Sec. 2-301: nonspecified business with municipal contractor license pays 50% of the nonspecified business license rate.

Bond

not published (no bond on JotForm application or in contractor-license code sections)

Bond payee / obligee

not published

Liability insurance minimum

Code Sec. 6-52 (IRC R116 as amended): 'proof of insurance coverage of not less than $500,000 per occurrence.' JotForm requires 'Current COI with Village of Crete as the Policy Holder' (no dollar amount on form).

Workers' compensation

not published

Other requirements

Upload current COI naming Village of Crete; upload Electrical, Roofer's, Plumber's license if applicable (form asks for electrical license number, State of Illinois plumber's license number, State of Illinois roofer's license number); business must be registered with Illinois Department of Revenue. Misrepresentation may result in revocation.

Trades covered

'All trades must be licensed by the Village for the protection of the residents.' Code (Sec. 6-52, IRC §R116 as amended): work requiring a permit performed by a third party must be done by a contractor licensed by the village; defines building contractor (more than one trade) and building subcontractor (one trade). JotForm categories: Contractor, Landscape/Lawn Service, Plumbers with 055, Tree Removal Service.

GAPS FILLED: fees ($100 contractor / $75 landscape / $0 plumbers 055 / $0 tree removal), insurance ($500,000 per occurrence per code; COI naming Village required), term (annual, ends with fiscal year April 30 per code). Bond: none found in code or form – treat as not required unless Village says otherwise. Code's $75 figure in Sec. 6-52 conflicts with the $100 in the fee schedule and current form; the fee schedule/form should govern. Workers' comp not mentioned anywhere.