Lumpkin long & wide load towing bonds.
$100 flat.
To get a permit to tow or haul a long or wide load through the City of Lumpkin, Georgia, the city requires a $5,000 surety bond alongside the permit application — ours is $100 flat, and the price you see is the checkout price. No credit check.
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How much does a Lumpkin long & wide load towing bond cost?
$100 at the $5,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
A city towing/hauling permit bond is about the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no lengthy underwriting file.
Pay & e-sign
Bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the City of Lumpkin
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your towing/hauling permit application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Towing or hauling an oversize load through a small city is hard on streets, bridges, curbs, and overhead or buried utility lines. The City of Lumpkin conditions its permit for towing or hauling long and wide loads on a $5,000 surety bond, so the permit holder carries a financial backstop for the move.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Lumpkin (the obligee), with the city's infrastructure and the traveling public as the protected interests. If your move damages a road, bridge, or utility line, or causes an accident the permit terms make you responsible for, a claim can be brought against the bond up to the $5,000 penal sum.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Most haulers treat the bond as a routine part of pulling the permit before a single oversize move or a season of them.
You need this bond if you're
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 $5,000 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 City of Lumpkin. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your towing/hauling permit application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $5,000 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.
These are the actual issuing fields for this bond — a short business application, no lengthy credit file.
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File your Lumpkin oversize-load permit with the bond in hand.
$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.