Watertown street opening bonds.
$100 flat.
Before the Town of Watertown issues a street-opening or trenching permit, it requires a $3,000 bond guaranteeing you restore the road. Ours is $100 flat — the price you see is the checkout price. 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.
Municipal permit bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit section.
Pay & e-sign
Small fixed-amount permit bonds like this are among the thousands that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with your permit
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Town of Watertown's Public Works office. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
A street-opening bond is a restoration guarantee to the Town of Watertown. When you trench a town road, the town wants assurance the pavement and base are put back to its specification — not left as a patch that fails.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Town of Watertown (the obligee). If you abandon the cut or the restoration fails, the town can recover its repair costs against the bond, up to $3,000.
The bond stays in place for the permit period. Keep it active until the town signs off on your restoration; we send renewal notices 60 and 30 days out so a long job never lapses on a missed email.
You need this bond if you're
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields. The application collects no credit information.
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$100 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.