Collinsville right-of-way bonds.
From $100.
The City of Collinsville requires a performance bond before any person, firm, or corporation constructs, excavates, or otherwise alters a street, alley, easement, or other public place — filed with the City Clerk's office alongside your excavation permit. The bond amount is tied to the estimated cost of restoring the site; premiums cost 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
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How much does a Collinsville right-of-way bond cost?
1% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
The right-of-way bond pairs with your excavation permit application. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount tied to the estimated restoration cost, and the effective date — that is the application.
Issued on the spot
No credit check up to $100,000, so most bonds generate the moment you pay. No credit check up to $100,000.
File with the City Clerk's office
Submit the executed bond with your excavation permit application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the City insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the right-of-way bond covers
Collinsville licenses anyone who is not a City employee, a City contractor, or a franchised utility before they construct in, excavate, or otherwise alter a street, alley, easement, or other public place. The license application is accompanied by a permit fee, a performance bond, and a certificate of insurance, filed with the City Clerk's office.
The bond names you as the principal and the City of Collinsville as the obligee. It stands behind full compliance with the excavation and restoration standards the City has adopted, payment of the fees and charges the work triggers, and protection against faulty workmanship or materials in the restored public way.
The amount is not a flat statutory figure — it is calculated from the City's posted per-unit restoration rates (pavement, sidewalk, backfill, seed and mulch) applied to the area you disturb, so it scales with the size of the job. It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety.
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 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 Clerk's office. Submit the executed bond with your excavation permit application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the City insists.
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 application, issued on the spot.
These are the actual issuing fields. No credit check up to $100,000.
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File your Collinsville excavation permit today.
From $100, with your exact price at the application. Enter the estimated restoration cost and file the same day.