The City of Tuscaloosa requires a $50,000 bond as a condition of a street-cut permit — to guarantee you properly restore any pavement you cut or excavate. Ours is $1,500 flat, 3% of the bond amount, with no credit check.
















Street-cut permit bonds are simple. Here's the entire process:
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section.
Street-cut bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your City of Tuscaloosa street-cut permit application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
$50,000 bond × 3% = $1,500, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
The City of Tuscaloosa issues permits to cut, bore, or excavate its public streets and pavement — typically for utility installation and repair. Because a poorly restored cut becomes a long-term hazard and maintenance cost, the City conditions the permit on a $50,000 surety bond.
The bond is a restoration guarantee to the City: it stands behind your obligation to backfill, patch, and restore each cut to city standard, and to keep that restoration sound for the warranty period the permit names. If a patch fails or a cut is left unrestored, the City can recover the cost of repair against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays the City, you repay the surety. Contractors who restore their cuts properly treat the bond as a permit formality, not a risk.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
$1,500 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.