Atlanta erosion control bonds.
From $125.
When you disturb land in the City of Atlanta, the city can require a performance bond guaranteeing the erosion and sediment control measures on your site are installed, maintained, and removed properly. The city sets the amount on your land-disturbance permit. The premium is 1% of the bond amount plus a $25 fee, $125 minimum.
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How much does an Atlanta erosion control bond cost?
1% of the bond amount plus a $25 fee, from $125. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Apply to filed, fast.
Enter your amount, pay, and file with the city. Larger bonds may get a quick underwriter review. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount the city set, and the effective date — that is the application.
Issued or quickly reviewed
Standard amounts issue right after payment. Larger bonds may get a quick underwriter review — usually within 48 hours.
File with the City of Atlanta
Submit the executed bond with your land-disturbance permit application. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the erosion control bond actually guarantees
The City of Atlanta regulates land-disturbing activity — grading, clearing, and excavation — and conditions a land-disturbance permit on proper erosion and sediment control. To protect the city's storm drains and streams, it can require a performance bond backing those control measures.
The bond runs to the City of Atlanta (the obligee) and guarantees the erosion and sediment control measures are installed, maintained, and removed to city and state (NPDES) standards. If a developer lets controls fail and sediment leaves the site, the city can call the bond to fund corrective work.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays the city, you repay the surety. The amount is set by the city, generally tied to the disturbed acreage or the cost of the control measures. When the site is stabilized and the permit closed, the bond is released.
You need this bond if you are
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 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.
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 City of Atlanta. Submit the executed bond with your land-disturbance permit application. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is 1% of the bond amount plus a $25 fee, $125 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
No credit check up to $25,000. Above that, the carrier may run a soft pull, which never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One short form to file.
Submit the application with the amount the city set. Standard amounts issue right after payment; larger bonds may get a quick underwriter review.
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Pricing from $125. Enter the amount the city set and file the same day.