Arkansas right-of-way restoration bonds.
From $100.
The bond ARDOT requires to guarantee you restore the highway right-of-way to its former condition after a utility cut or installation. Maintain a standing bond and the District Engineer can issue your utility permits; ARDOT sets the amount, and premiums start at $100, with your exact price shown at the application. No credit check up to $50,000.
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How much does an Arkansas right-of-way restoration bond cost?
1% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
No underwriting queue for the standard restoration bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with ARDOT. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount ARDOT required, and the effective date — that is the application.
Issued on the spot
No credit check up to $50,000. Above $50,000, a soft pull may add a short review.
File with ARDOT Right of Way
Submit the executed bond to ARDOT's Utilities Section so the District Engineer can issue your permits. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever they insist.
What it is and who needs it.
What the restoration bond actually covers
When a utility owner works inside the state highway right-of-way — laying or repairing line, boring under pavement, opening a cut — ARDOT issues a utility permit, and conditions it on the right-of-way being put back to its former condition.
Rather than post a deposit for every job, a utility owner can maintain a standing bond — a Bond to Guarantee Satisfactory Restoration of Highway Right of Way — and the District Engineer issues District utility permits against it. The amount of the standing bond depends on how many customers the owner serves in Arkansas.
If the right-of-way is not restored, ARDOT can use the bond to restore the highway or property to its former condition. If a standing bond is not maintained, the District Engineer determines a per-permit bond or deposit instead. Premiums start at $100, and your exact price appears at the application. No credit check up to $50,000.
You need this bond if you are
Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
File with ARDOT Right of Way. Submit the executed bond to ARDOT's Utilities Section so the District Engineer can issue your permits. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever they insist.
What sets the price
The premium is 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
No credit check up to $50,000. Above that, the carrier may run a soft pull, which never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with the bond amount ARDOT set — the executed restoration bond is generated instantly, ready to file.
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Restoration bond, issued today.
Premiums from $100. Enter the amount ARDOT set and file the same day.