Aspen blanket maintenance bonds.
From $100. Two-year term.
A maintenance bond guarantees your completed work in the City of Aspen right-of-way holds up through the warranty period. The blanket version covers all your Aspen work under one two-year bond. The City sets the amount; the premium is 0.5% of the bond amount, $100 minimum, and your exact price appears at the application.
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Apply to filed in one sitting.
No underwriting queue for the standard maintenance bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the City. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount the City of Aspen required, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
Issued on the spot
The application collects no credit information, so most applications issue as soon as you pay. Larger amounts may get a quick review; if a check ever runs, it is a soft pull that never affects your credit score.
File with the City of Aspen
Submit the executed bond to the City of Aspen Engineering Department. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the City insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the maintenance bond actually guarantees
The City of Aspen requires a maintenance bond on work done in its right-of-way — paving, utility cuts, and similar — to guarantee the work holds up through the warranty period rather than failing and leaving the City to repair it. The blanket version covers all of your Aspen work under one two-year bond.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Aspen (the obligee). If your completed work fails within the maintenance period and you don't fix it, the City can recover its repair cost against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays the City, you repay the surety. Contractors whose work holds up treat the maintenance bond as a closeout formality.
You need this bond if you are
One application, price at the end.
Submit the application with the amount the City of Aspen set — your exact premium, from $100, appears before you pay.
Start the application →Common questions.
Other Colorado bonds.
Close out your Aspen work today.
From $100, two-year term, short application. Enter the amount the City set and see your exact price before you file the same day.