Before you cut into a Darien street, the Town requires a $3,000 street opening bond filed with its Public Works office. Ours is $275 flat — 3% of $3,000 is $90, so the $275 minimum applies — and the application takes about five minutes.
















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 credit check section, 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.
$3,000 bond × 3% = $90, below our $275 minimum — so the price is $275, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
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 — no credit check section, because this bond does not have one.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.