Glenwood contractor license & registration requirements

1. 1
   Completed application form

   Use the link in the sidebar.
2. 2
   Registration fee — not published (fee schedule not on web page; license application PDFs on villageofglenwood.com are blocked to crawlers)confirm by phone

   State-licensed plumbers: 'the fee is waived'
3. 3
   License & permit bond — 'a surety performance bond of a minimum of $10,000.00'

   Obligee not published — ask who the bond should name.
4. 4
   Certificate of insurance

   'a general liability and property damage policy in the amount of a minimum of $300,000.00 single occurrence and an aggregate amount of $600,000.00'
5. 5
   Workers' compensationconfirm by phone

   not published
6. 6
   Trade credentials

   Copy of general liability/property damage policy and surety bond must be provided to the Village. Homeowner exemption: owner-occupants may do their own work with a permit 'provided the homeowner shall reside in the residence being altered or repaired for a period of at least six months following the final inspection'.
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   Submit: Not published (call Bldg Dept)

   not published; forms 'available here' on the Apply For Contractor License page; 'Please call the Building Department at 708-753-2416 for more information'

License term (as published)

annual ('annual license' referenced on Find a Licensed Contractor page; licensed-contractor lists posted by license year e.g. '2022-2023'); exact dates not published

Expiry model

Not published — use the expiry date on your certificate.

Renewal window / late fees

not published

General contractor fee

not published (fee schedule not on web page; license application PDFs on villageofglenwood.com are blocked to crawlers)

Subcontractor / trade fee

not published

Other fees & penalties

State-licensed plumbers: 'the fee is waived'

Bond

'a surety performance bond of a minimum of $10,000.00'

Bond payee / obligee

not published (third-party surety sites name 'The Village of Glenwood (Obligee)' -- FLAGGED: third-party)

Liability insurance minimum

'a general liability and property damage policy in the amount of a minimum of $300,000.00 single occurrence and an aggregate amount of $600,000.00'

Workers' compensation

not published

Other requirements

Copy of general liability/property damage policy and surety bond must be provided to the Village. Homeowner exemption: owner-occupants may do their own work with a permit 'provided the homeowner shall reside in the residence being altered or repaired for a period of at least six months following the final inspection'.

Trades covered

'All contractors/contracting companies wishing to do work in the Village MUST register to do work in the Village of Glenwood.' Code Sec. 22-800 lists contractors as: 'excavators, sewer construction and maintenance, concrete or mason work, carpenters, metal working activities, roofing trades, glazing activities, heating or air conditioning, electricians, plastering and lathing activities, tiling activities, painters and decorators, catch basin cleaners, landscaping, forestry or tree services or alarm system installation'. Excluded: '(1) plumbers that are licensed by the State of Illinois, they will have to apply for a license, but the fee is waived, (2) service companies, (3) rug cleaning companies, (4) pest control companies.'

Village calls it a 'building contractor's license' (Code Ch. 22 Art. XV 'Contractor Licensing', Sec. 22-800): 'No building contractor shall engage in, operate, carry on, or practice any business within the Village of Glenwood without a valid building contractor's license.' State-licensed plumbers must still apply but fee is waived. Village publishes 'Find a Licensed Contractor' lists by year. Residents may hire an unlicensed contractor if that contractor then obtains the annual license. Fee amounts are on the trade-specific license form PDFs, which are blocked by robots.txt. No permits/fees needed for lawn/gardening, painting, power washing, entry-door replacement, satellite dish.