Denver paving contractor bonds.
$500 flat. Five minutes.
Denver requires a $50,000 bond for a paving right-of-way license — street and alley paving, including concrete curb and gutter, driveways, sidewalks, and drainage structures. The city sets the amount; ours is $500 flat, set by our carrier for this bond. Five-minute application; the form collects no credit information.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Denver won't issue your paving right-of-way license without this on file. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details, your state of incorporation, and an effective date. That's the application — it collects no credit information. Most applicants approve instantly; if a check ever runs, it's a soft pull that won't touch your score.
Pay & e-sign
Municipal license bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with Denver Contractor Licensing
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your Denver right-of-way paving license. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Denver licenses paving contractors who work in the public right-of-way, and conditions that license on a $50,000 surety bond. The bond covers street and alley paving — including laying concrete curb and gutter, driveways, and sidewalks, installing drainage structures, and work incidental to a street or alley in the right-of-way or other public property.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City and County of Denver (the obligee). If you damage public property or fail to comply with the city's paving requirements and ordinances, Denver can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Contractors who pave to Denver's specifications treat the bond as a licensing formality, and we keep your $50,000 filing continuous with renewal notices 60 and 30 days out.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — the application collects no credit information.
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If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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Denver paving license, one document away.
$500 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.