The bond lapses and the license goes with it

A six-step play for a surety bond agent. It starts from California CSLB, stacks City permit portals, Arizona ROC, Florida DBPR and Washington L&I on top, and ends in a message to the contractor that is useful before anyone replies.

Deploy in Glider

Installs this workflow, five project tables and a draft campaign. Source access and any external outputs are checked before research.

Category: Public records
Sources: 5
Steps: 6

The workflow

TriggerCalifornia CSLBLicense bonds and their cancellation dates
Evidence
City permit portalsOpen permits that would stall Arizona ROCThe same records in Arizona Florida DBPRThe same records in Florida Washington L&IThe same records in Washington
Artifact
What you hand overA replacement bond quote tied to the license, with the open permits that a suspension would stall.
Contact
GliderFinds the contractor, with a verified work email and a phone
Message
Send itFrom your own mailboxes, evidence attached

Why it earns attention

When a contractor's license bond cancels, the license suspends, and every open job can stall. The cancellation date is public before it happens, so you can arrive with the replacement already quoted.

The play in six steps

01
Find bonds about to cancel
California CSLB
What you pull
License records with a pending bond cancellation: license number, classification, bond company, and the cancellation date. Arizona, Florida and Washington publish similar license and bond records.
Why it matters
In California the license suspends when the bond cancels and no replacement is on file. The date is your deadline and theirs.
Example
License B, general building · bond cancels Dec 12 · no replacement bond on file
02
See what work is at risk
City permit portals
What you pull
Open permits issued to that license number: address, project type and issue date.
Why it matters
A suspension can stop work on every open job. Counting them turns a notice into a reason to act this week.
Example
4 open permits in San Diego County · largest: Mission Hills remodel, issued Sept 3
03
Build the replacement quote
Your artifact
What you build
A quote for the same bond amount from your carriers, the steps to bind it, and how fast the board records it.
Why it works
Most cancellations come from a missed renewal notice. A quote they can bind today solves it before the date.
Example
$25,000 contractor bond · $250 to $400 a year · binds in a day · filed with CSLB electronically
04
Check before you send
Confirm the cancellation is still pending and no replacement is on file the day you send. Some contractors are switching carriers on purpose.
05
Find the contractor in Glider
Glider
Search for
OwnerOffice managerOperations managerBookkeeper
Why them
The owner holds the license. In a small contractor the office manager handles renewals and is the one who missed the notice.
What you get
A work email and a direct phone, with the email verified before it goes into a sequence.
06
Send the evidence, then run the first test
To: the contractorEvery line comes from a step above
CSLB shows your contractor's bond cancelling December 12, and the license suspends that day unless a new bond is on file.¹ You have four open permits in San Diego County, including the Mission Hills remodel.² Here's a replacement bond quote for the same amount that you can bind this week.³ Want me to start it?
- Facts from the data (the number is the step)
- What you built for them
- One small ask
Why it works
It names a hard date, the jobs it would stop, and a fix that takes one reply. The contractor can verify all of it on CSLB in a minute.
First test
Thirty contractors with bond cancellations inside 30 days and at least one open permit.
Success looks like
Five bonds bound out of twenty pending cancellations.