NSB land use permit bonds.
From $100. Enter your amount.
The North Slope Borough Department of Planning and Community Services, Land Management Regulation Division requires this surety bond on land use permits that involve structures, roads, runways, or fuel or chemical storage, under NSBMC §19.30.070(A)(1-3) — funds the Borough can draw on for reclamation or mitigation of any damage your operations cause. The Borough sets the amount for your specific permit; our premium on it is priced at 2% of the bond amount, with a $100 minimum, and your exact figure appears at the application.
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Apply to filed in one sitting.
Your NSB permit application is waiting on this bond. Enter the amount the Land Management Regulation Division set, pay, and attach the executed bond to your filing. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your details, a short description of the permitted activity, the bond amount NSB set, the effective date, and a one-time consent that authorizes a soft credit pull.
Pay & e-sign
Your price is final at checkout — 2% of the bond amount, with a $100 minimum. The application includes a credit consent, but it authorizes a soft credit pull only — a soft inquiry that never affects your score. No hard inquiry ever runs on this bond.
File with the Borough
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to submit with your permit application to the NSB Land Management Administrator, Department of Planning and Community Services. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the NSB land use permit bond actually guarantees
Title 19 of the North Slope Borough Municipal Code governs zoning and land use permitting across the Borough, and the Department of Planning and Community Services’ Land Management Regulation Division administers it. When a land use permit involves structures, roads, runways, or fuel or chemical storage, NSBMC §19.30.070(A)(1-3) requires the applicant to carry a surety bond so the Borough has funds on hand for reclamation or mitigation if the operation damages the land or the permit conditions go unmet.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the North Slope Borough (the obligee), with the land and the communities around it as the protected interest. If your operations leave behind damage the Borough has to clean up, mitigate, or reclaim, NSB can draw on the bond to cover it — and if the surety pays, you repay the surety. It is a cleanup backstop, not insurance for you.
There is no single figure written into the code for every permit type. NSB sets the amount for the permit in front of it, and the Borough’s own published guidance for Commercial Recreation Permits — development in the Village, Resource Development, Conservation, and Transportation Corridor districts — confirms $25,000 as the amount required when structures, roads, runways, or fuel/chemical storage are involved. Enter the figure on your NSB permit notice or application checklist; our premium is priced from a $100 minimum after a quick soft credit check that never affects your score.
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These are the actual underwriting fields, including the bond amount NSB set and a one-time consent that authorizes a soft credit pull only. Submit once and the bond is ready the same day.
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Get your NSB permit filed on schedule.
Enter the amount NSB set, pay, and submit the executed bond with your permit application the same day. Free until issued.