Plymouth driveway bonds.
$100 flat.
The Town of Plymouth Public Works Department requires a bond on file before it issues a driveway, curb-cut, or excavation permit for work in a town road. This filing is a $2,000 bond at $100 flat — the price you see is the checkout price — with a short application.
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How much does a Plymouth driveway bond cost?
$100 at the $2,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
Driveway and road-opening bonds are about the simplest thing in surety. Here is the entire process:
Apply online
Business or property details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with Plymouth Public Works
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file at Town Hall, 80 Main Street, alongside your driveway or excavation permit application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the Plymouth driveway bond actually guarantees
Before cutting into a town road for a new or improved driveway, curb cut, or other right-of-way excavation, the Town of Plymouth requires the contractor or property owner to have a bond on file with the Public Works Department. The bond stands behind proper restoration of the road surface, curb, and sidewalk after the work is finished.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Town of Plymouth (the obligee). If the Director of Public Works has to step in and restore a street, curb, or sidewalk that was disturbed by the permitted work, the Town can recover its cost against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays the Town, you repay the surety. Plymouth’s Public Works Department sets the bond amount to match the estimated cost of restoring the street or public way, with a minimum of $5,000 under the ordinance for excavation work generally, and this $2,000 filing sits below that minimum — if your driveway work opens the street or public way, file the $5,000 Plymouth excavating bond instead; this $2,000 filing is the amount the Department has set for this specific permit type. Confirm the figure on your permit with the Department, and we issue accordingly.
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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 $2,000 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; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
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 Plymouth Public Works. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file at Town Hall, 80 Main Street, alongside your driveway or excavation permit application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $2,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
No credit check.
One application, issued instantly.
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$100 flat, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.