Fort Collins erosion control bonds.
From $125.
When you develop a site in the City of Fort Collins, the City conditions your development or grading approval on a bond guaranteeing your erosion- and sediment-control measures. The City sets the amount from your approved plan, and pricing runs 2% of the bond amount plus a $25 fee, $125 minimum.
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How much does a Fort Collins erosion control bond cost?
2% of the bond amount plus a $25 fee, from $125. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
No broker phone tag for a Fort Collins erosion-control bond — enter your amount, consent to a soft pull, and file with the City. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount the City set, and the effective date — plus a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. That is the application.
Approved
Most are approved as soon as you apply. One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score. If it needs a second look, one to two business days at most.
File with the City of Fort Collins
Pay and receive the executed bond, ready to file with your development review or grading permit. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the City insists on them.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
The City of Fort Collins reviews development and grading projects for stormwater impact, and conditions approval on erosion- and sediment-control measures that keep soil and silt on your site and out of the City's storm system and the Poudre River. The bond is the City's financial guarantee that those measures are installed and maintained.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier standing behind you, and the City of Fort Collins (the obligee). If erosion-control measures fail or are never installed and the City has to step in, the City can recover its costs against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays the City, you repay the surety. Developers who install and maintain their approved erosion-control plan treat the bond as a permit formality, not a risk.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
File with the City of Fort Collins. Pay and receive the executed bond, ready to file with your development review or grading permit. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the City insists on them.
What sets the price
The premium is 2% of the bond amount plus a $25 fee, $125 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application: approved instantly, or after a quick credit check.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your bond is issued when you pay.
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Pricing from $125, soft pull only. Enter the amount the City set and file the same day.