Clayton County subdivision maintenance bonds.
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Before the Clayton County Board of Commissioners accepts a subdivision’s public improvements, you post maintenance surety under § 86-136 of the Code of Clayton County. It guarantees them against construction defects for 24 months and is sized at one quarter of their cost. We underwrite and quote it per project.
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How much does a Clayton County subdivision maintenance bond cost?
It is underwritten: the premium is quoted from the bond amount and your financial picture, so there is no flat price to show.
Built around your final plat.
Clayton County will not accept a subdivision’s public improvements until the maintenance surety is posted and found acceptable. Here is the whole process, from quote to plat signature:
Send us the project
Apply online with the bond amount the county has set, the contract date, a description of the work, and the maintenance period. Name the subdivision and section so the bond can list them, as § 86-136(c)(3) requires.
A surety specialist underwrites it
The county has already fixed the penal sum, so underwriting turns on the developer: completed work history, company financials, credit, and any collateral. A specialist returns the premium and any conditions before you commit.
Execute & file with the county
Once you accept and pay, we issue the executed bond with the power of attorney attached, ready to file with the county alongside your final plat application for review by the county attorney. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the Clayton County maintenance bond guarantees
Clayton County regulates subdivisions through the Clayton County Subdivision Control Ordinance, Article III of Chapter 86 of the county code, which applies to all land within the jurisdiction of the Board of Commissioners. Division 5 of that article governs surety: under § 86-136(a), when the final plat approval request goes to the zoning administrator and before the plat is certified, the petitioner must provide performance and/or maintenance bonds or irrevocable letters of credit for the subdivision’s public and recreational improvements. Section 86-128(c) repeats the point — required maintenance surety is posted before final plat submission and approval.
To quote this bond, we need the plat, the improvement estimate, and your company details.
The maintenance bond is the one that covers work that is already built. It is drawn in favor of the county Board of Commissioners, runs 24 months from the date the improvements are accepted, and is sized at 25 percent of what the improvements and their installation cost. Section 86-136(c)(6) requires surety for all public improvements, including street compaction, subsurface, base, and surface; sanitary sewers; curbs; gutters; sidewalks; surface swales; subsurface and storm drainage systems; seeding and erosion control; and landscaping. A separate performance bond, at 125 percent of cost, covers anything still incomplete at final plat. Phased plats bond only the section being platted.
During the term, the county’s Release of maintenance surety provision in Division 5 requires the subdivider to keep the improvements free of construction-related defects. The county inspects periodically, sends written notice of any defects, and can require additional maintenance surety for 24 months from the date a repair is completed on the repaired portion. Two months before the bond expires, the subdivider asks for release in writing with an engineer’s report; if the county finds the work sound, the Board releases the surety and takes over upkeep. It is not insurance for you: if the surety pays the county to fix a defect, the developer repays the surety — which is why it is underwritten on the developer’s finances and track record.
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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 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
Term and renewal are set in the underwriter's quote.
Keep the bond in force for as long as the obligation behind it runs.
How to file it
Execute & file with the county. Once you accept and pay, we issue the executed bond with the power of attorney attached, ready to file with the county alongside your final plat application for review by the county attorney. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
This bond is underwritten: the premium is quoted from the bond amount and your financial picture, so there is no flat price to show.
One application, one underwriting review.
These are the actual issuing fields — the bond amount, contract date, a description of the work, the maintenance period, and your company details. Submit once and a surety specialist reviews everything together and returns a quote, typically within one business day. Free until your bond is issued.
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Get the maintenance bond off your final plat checklist.
Send us the subdivision, the amount the county has set, and your company details, and a surety specialist sizes, underwrites, and quotes the bond — typically within one business day. Free until issued.