Before Bartow County issues a land-disturbing activity permit, it requires a bond guaranteeing your erosion-and-sedimentation-control measures stay in place and functioning. The County’s Engineering / Land Development office sets the amount; we issue it at a flat 3% with one soft credit pull.
















No broker phone tag for the Bartow County erosion bond — enter your amount, consent to a soft pull, and file with the County. Here is the whole thing:
Your business details, the bond amount Bartow County required, and the effective date — plus a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
The soft pull never touches your score. Most of these clear quickly; larger amounts may get a short underwriter review within 48 hours.
Submit the executed bond to the Bartow County Engineering / Land Development office with your land-disturbance permit. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time, $275 minimum. Enter the figure on your Bartow County permit and the premium updates.
Georgia’s Erosion and Sedimentation Control Act lets local governments serve as the issuing authority for land-disturbing activity permits. Bartow County administers that program, and conditions a grading or development permit on a bond standing behind your erosion-and-sedimentation-control plan.
The bond is a performance guarantee to the County: it backs the installation and maintenance of your silt fences, sediment basins, inlet protection, and stabilization measures for the duration of the disturbance. If the measures fail or are abandoned, the County can draw on the bond to bring the site into compliance.
It is not insurance for you — if the County recovers against the bond, you repay the surety. Developers who keep their BMPs maintained and pass final stabilization treat the bond as a permit formality. Enter the County-set amount and we issue it at a flat 3%.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your executed bond comes back ready to file with Bartow County.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
Five-minute application, flat 3%, $275 minimum, soft pull only. Enter the County-set amount and file the same day.