Little Rock corporation cutting bonds.
$100. Five minutes.
The City of Little Rock requires a $10,000 corporation cutting bond from anyone who cuts, excavates, or opens the public right-of-way — streets, pavement, and rights-of-way. Ours is $100 flat — set by our carrier's rate book for this bond. The application is five minutes.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Right-of-way bonds like this are simple. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit section.
Pay & e-sign
Bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the City of Little Rock
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your Little Rock right-of-way or excavation permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
A corporation cutting bond is a right-of-way guarantee. When you cut, excavate, or open a Little Rock street or other public right-of-way — to lay utilities, tap a main, or run a service line — the City of Little Rock requires a $10,000 bond standing behind your obligation to restore the pavement and right-of-way and follow the city's excavation rules.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Little Rock (the obligee). If you fail to restore the cut properly, or your work damages city property, the city can recover its repair costs against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays the city, you repay the surety. Contractors who restore their cuts to city spec treat the bond as a permit formality, not a risk.
You need this bond if you are
Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — the application collects no credit information.
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If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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Other Arkansas bonds.
Your Little Rock cutting permit is waiting on one bond.
$100 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.