Colorado Springs excavation license bonds.
$275. Five minutes.
The City of Colorado Springs conditions an excavation license on a $5,000 surety bond filed with the Office of the City Clerk. It backs your obligation to restore the public right-of-way after you dig. Ours is $275 — the flat-3% minimum on a $5,000 bond, issued in one sitting.
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Three steps. One sitting.
City license 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, no credit check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
City license 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 Clerk
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to deliver to the Deputy Licensing Officer at the Office of the City Clerk with your excavation license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
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$5,000 bond × 3% = $150, below our $275 minimum, so the price is $275 per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
A Colorado Springs excavation license bond is a right-of-way restoration guarantee running to the City. It stands behind your obligation to promptly pay for charges the City Clerk bills for permanent resurfacing of an excavation, replacement of traffic detector loops or pavement markings, and other work to restore public property.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Colorado Springs (the obligee). If a contractor leaves the right-of-way unrestored and the City has to do the work, the City can recover its cost against the bond.
The bond must stay active for the life of your license. Let it lapse and the City can suspend or refuse to renew the license — so we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out, keeping your $5,000 filing continuous.
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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.
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$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.