The City and County of Denver conditions a cement sidewalk contractor license on a $10,000 surety bond, approved by the Manager of Transportation & Infrastructure and filed through Contractor Licensing. Ours is $300 — 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 cement sidewalk contractor license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
$10,000 bond × 3% = $300, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
Denver licenses right-of-way contractors through Contractor Licensing, and a cement sidewalk contractor's bond is approved by the Manager of Transportation & Infrastructure (DOTI). The license covers laying sidewalks and driveways, curbs and gutters, curb cuts, and minor drainage structures in the public right-of-way — and the bond is a public-works compliance guarantee behind that work.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City and County of Denver (the obligee). If a contractor's concrete work fails to meet city standards or damages the public way, the bond backs the cost of repairs and the City's requirements.
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.
$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.