Pennsylvania Surety Bonds

Pennsylvania Construction & Contractor Bonds

Pennsylvania has its own version of the federal Miller Act, which mandates the purchase of performance and payment bonds by contractors working on taxpayer-funded projects above a certain value. Pennsylvania’s “Little Miller Act” requires a surety bond for the full amount of any public works project valued at more than $5,000.

Pennsylvania Court Bonds

Pennsylvania courts have the option of requiring two different types of court bonds: appeal bonds and probate bonds. Appeal bonds most often are only required when there is contested property or large damage awards at stake. Probate bonds are required from people named to handle another person’s finances, such as an executor of an estate or conservator of an incapacitated individual.