Madison County timber harvesting bonds.
$275. Five minutes.
Before you harvest timber in Madison County, Georgia, the county requires a $5,000 bond to protect its roads and rights-of-way from damage by loaded log trucks. Three percent of $5,000 is $150, but our $275 minimum applies — so this bond is $275 flat, and the application is five minutes.
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Three steps. One sitting.
County road-protection bonds are about the simplest thing in surety. Here is the whole process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date — that is the application. No financials and no credit check section for a small fixed county bond like this.
Pay & e-sign
Small fixed county bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with Madison County
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Madison County office that handles your harvest notification. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$5,000 bond × 3% = $150, but our minimum is $275 — so this bond is $275 per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
A timber harvesting bond is a road-protection guarantee for the county. Loaded log trucks are hard on rural pavement and dirt rights-of-way, so Madison County wants a financial backstop that you will repair any damage your harvest causes — or the county can recover the cost of repairs against the bond.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier standing behind you, and Madison County (the obligee). If your operation damages a county road and you do not make it right, the county can claim 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. Loggers who notify the county, use the agreed access points, and leave the roads as they found them treat this as a routine permit formality.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this small fixed county bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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Other New York bonds.
File your harvest notice with the bond in hand.
$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.