Fox Metro right-of-way bonds.
$250 flat.
Fox Metro Water Reclamation District, which treats wastewater for Aurora and neighboring communities in Kane County, requires any firm or contractor performing sanitary sewer excavation or construction on a District-owned public or building sewer to file a $25,000 license and permit bond before the District will issue a permit. Ours is $250 flat.
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How much does a Fox Metro right-of-way bond cost?
$250 at the $25,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
A District right-of-way permit bond is a straightforward filing. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
License and permit bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with Fox Metro
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with Fox Metro Water Reclamation District ahead of your sanitary sewer excavation or construction permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Fox Metro Water Reclamation District requires any firm or contractor performing sanitary sewer excavation or construction on a District-owned public sewer or building sewer to have a $25,000 license and permit bond on file with the District before any permit is issued and before any work begins. The bond must specifically identify the work as sanitary sewer excavation or construction — the District will require the paperwork corrected if it names anything else.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and Fox Metro Water Reclamation District (the obligee), with the District's sewer infrastructure and the public right-of-way as the protected interests. If work under the permit damages District sewers or the right-of-way, the District can recover against the bond up to the $25,000 penal sum.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Keep the bond on file with the District for as long as you hold an active permit or expect to pull one; the District checks for it before issuing.
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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 $25,000 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 Fox Metro. Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with Fox Metro Water Reclamation District ahead of your sanitary sewer excavation or construction permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $250 at the $25,000 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. No credit check.
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$250 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.