Before you cut into a Darien street, the Town requires a $3,000 street opening bond filed with its Public Works office. Ours is $100 flat — the price you see is the price you pay. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit review of any kind, not even a soft pull.
















Permit bonds like this are the simplest thing in surety. Here is the entire process:
Business details and an effective date. That is the application — no financials, no SSN or credit fields, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Permit 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 the Town of Darien Public Works office alongside your street opening permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The Town of Darien controls work in its public streets and rights-of-way through its Department of Public Works. Before a contractor opens, excavates, or trenches a town street, Darien conditions the permit on a $3,000 surety bond.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Town of Darien (the obligee). The bond guarantees you will backfill, repave, and restore the street to the Town’s specification, so Darien is not left paying to fix a trench you walked away from.
It is not insurance for you — if the Town makes a valid claim and the surety pays, you repay the surety. Contractors who restore their cuts properly treat the bond as a permit formality, not a risk.
These are the actual issuing fields — the application collects no credit information for this bond.
Start the application →$100 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.