AK right-of-way performance bonds.
$125 flat.
The Municipality of Anchorage Development Services Department, Right-of-Way Section requires a $10,000 performance bond before it will issue a permit to work in a public right-of-way — ours is $125 flat, and the price you see is the checkout price. The application collects no credit information, so most applicants approve instantly.
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Three steps. One sitting.
A right-of-way permit bond is about the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details, the mailing address for your original bond, and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit section.
Pay & e-sign
Permit bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the Right-of-Way Section
Anchorage's Right-of-Way Section wants an original, signed bond on file — not just an e-signed copy — so your executed bond is mailed to the address you give us, ready to submit with your permit application.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Anyone who wants to dig, build, place an encroachment, or otherwise use a public street, sidewalk, or utility corridor in Anchorage needs a right-of-way permit from the Development Services Department, Right-of-Way Section, which administers the permit program under Anchorage Municipal Code Title 24 (Streets & Rights-of-Way), alongside several other municipal codes covering the same corridor. As a condition of that permit, the Section requires a $10,000 performance bond before work can begin.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Municipality of Anchorage (the obligee), with the public right-of-way and the people who use it as the protected interest. If permitted work is left unfinished, unrepaired, or out of compliance with the permit conditions, the Municipality can draw on the bond to complete or remediate it.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Unlike most of our instant-issue bonds, this one is mailed rather than only e-signed: the Right-of-Way Section requires an original, wet-signed bond on file, so we ship your executed original to the address you provide once you complete the application.
You need this bond if you're
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because this application doesn't collect credit information. We'll also ask where to mail your original, signed bond.
Start the application →Common questions.
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Get your Anchorage right-of-way permit moving.
$125 flat, soft pull only, bond confirmed in the same sitting. Free until issued.