The Village of Huntley requires any contractor who cuts, bores, trenches, or otherwise disturbs a public street, sidewalk, or easement to first file a $10,000 surety bond covering that year's registration. Ours is $100 flat — the price you see is the checkout price. The bond issues the moment you pay — a soft credit pull at most, never a hard inquiry.
















A right-of-way bond is about the simplest filing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit section.
Registration bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with Huntley Development Services alongside your right-of-way permit application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
Huntley, a fast-growing McHenry and Kane County village, conditions permission to cut, bore, or trench in a public street, sidewalk, or easement on a $10,000 surety bond covering the calendar-year registration. Utility contractors, excavation crews, and telecommunications installers are the most common filers, alongside general contractors whose scope of work reaches the right of way.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Village of Huntley (the obligee), with the Village and the traveling public as the protected parties. If a bonded contractor fails to properly restore a street, sidewalk, or utility cut after the work, the Village can recover against the bond up to the $10,000 penal sum to make the repair.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Huntley pairs the bond with a general liability insurance requirement (minimum $600,000 aggregate) and an annual registration fee, so budget for all three when you plan a job that touches Village right of way.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because this application doesn't collect credit information.
Start the application →$100 flat, soft pull only, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.