West Hartford drain layer bonds.
$100 flat.
Every applicant for a Town of West Hartford drain layer license, which you need to connect to the public sewers or open a Town street to lay or repair a sewer or drain, must file a $10,000 bond under Town Code § 147-10. Ours is $100 flat for the term.
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How much does a West Hartford drain layer bond cost?
$100 at the $10,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Built around your West Hartford registration.
The Engineering Division will not register you as a drain layer, or issue a Right of Way Excavation Permit, without the bond on file. Here is the whole process, from application to registered:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
The premium is $100 flat, set for every applicant, so there is no quote round-trip. Pay and e-sign, and the bond is prepared right after purchase.
Upload to the Town
The executed bond arrives on the Town of West Hartford Uniform Bond Form with the drain layer box checked and the surety’s power of attorney attached. Upload it to your Contractor Registration in the Town’s CityView portal with the notarized Liability and Indemnity Agreement and your insurance certificate.
What it is and who needs it.
What the West Hartford drain layer bond guarantees
Chapter 147 of the Code of the Town of West Hartford regulates sewers. Under § 147-8, no one may make a connection with the public sewers, lay a sewer or drain to be connected to them, or open a street or public way to lay or repair one unless licensed as a drain layer. Under § 147-10, every applicant must file with the Director of Community Development, and keep in force for the life of the license, a public liability insurance endorsement covering work in the Town’s rights-of-way and a satisfactory bond in the sum of $10,000. Once licensed, § 147-15 still requires a Town permit for every job — in practice a Right of Way Excavation Permit from the Engineering Division.
The Town takes the bond on its own Uniform Bond Form, uploaded with your Contractor Registration in the Engineering Division’s online portal.
The bond is conditioned on three promises in § 147-10. You will indemnify and save harmless the Town, the Director and Town agents against suits over injuries or damage caused by your work or your crew. You will faithfully perform the work and restore any street you excavate to its prior condition, then maintain it to the Director’s satisfaction for at least six months — and if the Town repairs it in that period, you pay the share caused by your negligence within 30 days. And you will follow the Director’s rules and your permit terms and pay any fines. The Town’s Uniform Bond Form adds a one-year guarantee against defective materials or workmanship after the work is completed, and ties the indemnity to the separate Liability and Indemnity Agreement, which also protects the West Hartford Board of Education.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety, and the Town of West Hartford (the obligee). It is not insurance for you — if the Town calls the bond, the surety pays and you repay the surety. The same Uniform Bond Form also covers curb and walk layers and street excavators by checkbox; this page is for the drain layer box. West Hartford is a member town of the Metropolitan District (MDC); if your job ties into a sanitary sewer, check with the MDC whether it needs a separate MDC permit as well.
You need this bond if you’re
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 $10,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The term is set on the carrier’s application; the premium covers the period shown there.
Renewal falls on the statutory date, December 31, in the year your term ends.
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
Upload to the Town. The executed bond arrives on the Town of West Hartford Uniform Bond Form with the drain layer box checked and the surety’s power of attorney attached. Upload it to your Contractor Registration in the Town’s CityView portal with the notarized Liability and Indemnity Agreement and your insurance certificate.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $10,000 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.
These are the actual issuing fields — your business and owner details, contact information and the effective date, with the bond amount already set. No credit check.
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File your West Hartford drain layer bond and get registered.
$100 flat, no credit check, bond often prepared in the same sitting. Free until issued.