Collinsville right-of-way bonds.
1% of the bond amount.
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, and the application collects no credit information.
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The right-of-way bond pairs with your excavation permit application. Here is the whole thing:
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Your business details, the bond amount tied to the estimated restoration cost, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
Issued on the spot
The application collects no credit information, so most bonds generate the moment you pay. Larger amounts may get a quick soft-pull review that never affects your score.
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
One application, issued on the spot.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because this application doesn't collect credit information.
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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.