Windsor excavating bonds.
$100 flat.
A general contractor working within a Town of Windsor street or highway must first obtain a written permit from the Town’s Engineering Department, and file a $10,000 surety bond with the Town before that permit is issued. The price is $100 flat — the price you see is the checkout price — with a short application.
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How much does a Windsor excavating bond cost?
$100 at the $10,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
Excavation bonds like this are about the simplest thing in surety. Here is the entire process:
Apply online
Business 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 the Town of Windsor
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Town of Windsor’s Engineering Department alongside your street-opening permit application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the Windsor excavating bond actually guarantees
The Town of Windsor requires a written permit from the Town’s Engineering Department before any work — including excavation — on a Town street or highway the Town has accepted for maintenance, or wherever an "Ordinance Covering Excavations in Town Streets and Highways" or other Town ordinance requires one. A general contractor’s excavation work is bonded at $10,000 as part of qualifying for that permit.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Town of Windsor (the obligee). If a permittee fails to properly restore the roadway or right-of-way after the excavation, the Town can recover its cost of repair against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays the Town, you repay the surety. This $10,000 amount is the standard filing for a general contractor’s excavation permit; the Town’s Engineering Department can require additional maintenance security for larger jobs, so confirm your permit’s specific requirements before filing.
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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 $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 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 the Town of Windsor. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Town of Windsor’s Engineering Department alongside your street-opening permit application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
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.
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Windsor excavating bond, today.
$100 flat, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.