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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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 financials, no credit section.
Pay & e-sign
Bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
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.
You need this bond if you are
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because this application does not collect credit information.
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$100 flat, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.