Town of Stratford excavation bonds.
$100 flat.
Before you excavate in a Stratford street, the Town requires a $10,000 excavation permit 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.
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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 SSN or credit fields, 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.
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.
You need this bond if you are
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — the application collects no credit information for this bond.
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$100 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.