Separate from project insurance, the CSLB requires every active licensed contractor to maintain a 'contractor's bond' (contractor license bond). Its main purpose is to:

解析

The $25,000 bond required by B&P §7071.6 is a suretyship for the benefit of the people listed in §7071.5 — homeowners and property owners damaged by a violation, anyone damaged by a willful violation or fraud, and employees owed wages or fringe benefits. (a) reverses the direction of the protection, and in fact the surety may seek indemnity from the contractor after paying. (b) describes a performance bond, which is project-specific and sized to the contract. (c) describes commercial general liability insurance, which the license bond does not replace.