Town of Stratford excavation bonds.
$300. Five minutes.
Before you excavate in a Stratford street, the Town requires a $10,000 excavation permit bond filed with its Public Works office. Ours is $300 flat — 3% of the bond amount — and the application takes about five minutes.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Permit bonds like this are the simplest thing in surety. Here is the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application — no financials, no credit check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
Permit bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with Stratford Public Works
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with the Town of Stratford Public Works office alongside your excavation permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
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$10,000 bond × 3% = $300, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
The Town of Stratford controls excavation in its public streets and rights-of-way through its Department of Public Works. Before a contractor excavates or trenches a town street, Stratford conditions the permit on a $10,000 surety bond.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Town of Stratford (the obligee). The bond guarantees you will backfill, repave, and restore the street to the Town’s specification, so Stratford 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.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond does not have one.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.