Adams County street-cut bonds.
$275. Five minutes.
Adams County requires a $5,000 bond before you cut a county street or excavate in the public right-of-way. Ours is $275 flat — 3% of the bond lands below our minimum, so you pay the minimum. The application is five minutes, with no credit check on this bond.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Permit bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials and no credit-check section for this bond.
Pay & e-sign
Small fixed-amount permit bonds like this issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with your permit
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your Adams County Public Works street-cut or right-of-way permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$5,000 bond × 3% = $150, which is below our $275 minimum — so you pay $275, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Adams County controls its roads and right-of-way, and conditions a street-cut or excavation permit on a surety bond. The bond is a restoration-and-compliance guarantee: it stands behind your promise to backfill, repave, and restore the county's pavement to its standards after you've opened it.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and Adams County (the obligee). If you leave a cut unrestored or your work fails and the county has to fix it, Adams County can recover its costs against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays the county, you repay the surety. Contractors who restore their cuts cleanly treat the bond as a permit formality, not a risk.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit-check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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Other New York bonds.
Get your street-cut permit moving.
$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.