The City and County of Denver conditions an alley paving contractor license on a $25,000 surety bond, approved by the Manager of Transportation & Infrastructure and filed through Contractor Licensing. Ours is $750 flat — exactly 3% of the bond amount — issued in one sitting with no credit check.
















City right-of-way bonds are simple. Here's the entire process:
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
City license bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your right-of-way alley paving contractor license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
$25,000 bond × 3% = $750, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
Denver licenses right-of-way contractors through Contractor Licensing, and an alley paving contractor's bond is approved by the Manager of Transportation & Infrastructure (DOTI). The bond is a public-works compliance guarantee: it stands behind your obligation to pave alleys to the City's specifications and standards.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City and County of Denver (the obligee). If a contractor fails to follow the City's paving requirements, the bond backs payment of fees, penalties, and the cost of repairs the City has to make.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The bond must stay active for the life of the license, and we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out so your right-of-way license never lapses.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
$750 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.