Georgia utility infrastructure bonds.
From $100.
When a developer or contractor agrees to build utility infrastructure — water, sewer, electric, gas lines — under an infrastructure agreement with a Georgia utility or municipality, the agreement usually requires a performance bond. The amount is set by the agreement; priced at 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
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How much does a Georgia utility infrastructure bond cost?
1% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
No long underwriting queue for the standard infrastructure bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the obligee. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount your agreement requires, and the effective date — that is the application.
Issued or briefly reviewed
Smaller amounts often issue on payment; larger infrastructure bonds may get a quick underwriting look first.
File with the utility or municipality
Submit the executed bond to the utility or municipality named as obligee in your agreement. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the infrastructure bond actually guarantees
When a developer extends a subdivision or commercial project, the water, sewer, electric, or gas lines often have to be built to a utility’s or municipality’s standards. The developer signs a utility services infrastructure agreement promising to build and complete that infrastructure — and the agreement requires a performance bond as security.
The bond runs to the utility or municipality as obligee, guaranteeing that the developer completes the utility improvements per the agreement and the approved plans. If the developer fails to finish, the obligee can call the bond to fund completion — and if the surety pays, the developer repays the surety.
The bond amount is set by the agreement, usually the engineer’s estimated cost of the utility improvements. There is no single statewide statutory figure — it is a contractual performance bond. Enter the amount your agreement names — pricing runs 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum, priced by amount rather than credit tier.
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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
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 utility or municipality. Submit the executed bond to the utility or municipality named as obligee in your agreement. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
No credit check up to $100,000. 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 apply.
Submit the application with the bond amount your agreement requires. Smaller amounts often issue on payment; larger ones may get a quick underwriting look.
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Utility infrastructure bond, issued fast.
Pricing from $100. Enter the amount your agreement requires and file with the obligee.