Minnesota High Pressure Piping Contractor Bond
What it is & who requires it
Businesses licensed as high pressure piping contractors in Minnesota. This trade is worth separating from mechanical work in a quote conversation, because the two sit close together in a shop’s self-description and far apart in the statute: high pressure piping has its own chapter subdivision, its own board, its own annual calendar-year license and its own penal sum, while the mechanical bond has none of those and is not a license at all. Claims and actions on this bond run under the public contract bond provisions rather than under the general chapter clause, and the bond answers for failure of payment as well as failure of performance, which is a wider condition than most of its siblings carry. Public liability insurance, including products liability, is required alongside the bond and not in place of it.
Obligee: Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (Construction Codes and Licensing Division). Citation: Minn. Stat. § 326B.921, subd. 5 (bond — a bond to the state in the total sum of $15,000, conditioned on the faithful and lawful performance of all work contracted for or performed within the state, running to and for the benefit of persons injured or suffering financial loss by reason of failure of payment or performance; term concurrent with the license and running to the end of the calendar year; filed with the department and in lieu of any other contractor license bonds required by any political subdivision for high pressure pipefitting; corporate surety licensed in Minnesota); Minn. Stat. § 326B.921, subd. 6 (public liability insurance in addition); Minn. Stat. §§ 574.26 to 574.38 (claims and actions on the bond); Minn. Stat. § 326B.90 (department to supervise high pressure piping); Minn. Stat. § 326B.925 (Board of High Pressure Piping Systems); DLI High Pressure Piping Surety Bond form (penal sum printed as FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($15,000.00)).
Bond amount
The required bond amount is $15,000.
How to get it
This bond is individually underwritten, so it is not issued instantly. Request a quote and a licensed producer follows up to walk you through it.
Request a bond quote
Tell us about the bond and the project. A licensed producer follows up — these bonds are individually underwritten, so they are not issued instantly.
Term & renewal
Term: Concurrent with the term of the high pressure pipefitting contractor license, running without interruption from the date of issuance of the license to the end of the calendar year. This is the one bond in the state family with a term written into its own section rather than the general continuous-until-cancelled clause.
Renewal: Annual, on a calendar-year basis — the statute requires all high pressure pipefitting contractor licenses to be renewed annually on a calendar year cycle, so the bond term and the license term end together on the thirty-first of December.
Filing
Filed with the department on its High Pressure Piping Surety Bond form, which prints the penal sum in the AMOUNT box and in words and figures in the body. Corporate surety licensed in Minnesota; the section names a surety and offers no cash or deposit alternative, which is why the figure renders. The bond stands in lieu of any other contractor license bond a political subdivision requires for high pressure pipefitting. Two features are worth pricing. First, the term is not the usual continuous instrument: it runs concurrently with the license to the end of the calendar year, so the whole trade renews on the same date and the bond has a natural expiry rather than a cancellation notice. Second, one defect on the current form is recorded rather than smoothed over — its closing certification recites the electrical contractor bond subdivision as the governing authority, which is not this bond’s section. The penal sums differ between the two sections, so this is a live inconsistency on the face of the instrument rather than a harmless cross-reference, and the licensing unit should confirm the sheet before execution.
Source
Verified against the obligee source (last checked 2026-09-07).
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Frequently asked questions
- Who requires the Minnesota High Pressure Piping Contractor Bond?
- It’s required by Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (Construction Codes and Licensing Division) (Minn. Stat. § 326B.921, subd. 5 (bond — a bond to the state in the total sum of $15,000, conditioned on the faithful and lawful performance of all work contracted for or performed within the state, running to and for the benefit of persons injured or suffering financial loss by reason of failure of payment or performance; term concurrent with the license and running to the end of the calendar year; filed with the department and in lieu of any other contractor license bonds required by any political subdivision for high pressure pipefitting; corporate surety licensed in Minnesota); Minn. Stat. § 326B.921, subd. 6 (public liability insurance in addition); Minn. Stat. §§ 574.26 to 574.38 (claims and actions on the bond); Minn. Stat. § 326B.90 (department to supervise high pressure piping); Minn. Stat. § 326B.925 (Board of High Pressure Piping Systems); DLI High Pressure Piping Surety Bond form (penal sum printed as FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($15,000.00))). Businesses licensed as high pressure piping contractors in Minnesota. This trade is worth separating from mechanical work in a quote conversation, because the two sit close together in a shop’s self-description and far apart in the statute: high pressure piping has its own chapter subdivision, its own board, its own annual calendar-year license and its own penal sum, while the mechanical bond has none of those and is not a license at all. Claims and actions on this bond run under the public contract bond provisions rather than under the general chapter clause, and the bond answers for failure of payment as well as failure of performance, which is a wider condition than most of its siblings carry. Public liability insurance, including products liability, is required alongside the bond and not in place of it.
- How much is the Minnesota High Pressure Piping Contractor Bond?
- The bond amount is $15,000.
- How do I get the Minnesota High Pressure Piping Contractor Bond?
- This bond is individually underwritten, so it is not issued instantly. Request a quote and a licensed producer follows up to walk you through it.
- What is the term?
- Concurrent with the term of the high pressure pipefitting contractor license, running without interruption from the date of issuance of the license to the end of the calendar year. This is the one bond in the state family with a term written into its own section rather than the general continuous-until-cancelled clause. Renewal: Annual, on a calendar-year basis — the statute requires all high pressure pipefitting contractor licenses to be renewed annually on a calendar year cycle, so the bond term and the license term end together on the thirty-first of December.
- Is this bond insurance for me?
- No. It protects the obligee and the public — not you. If a valid claim is paid, you repay the surety.
- How is this requirement verified?
- We verify it against the obligee’s primary source (last checked 2026-09-07); the source link is on this page.
