Kane County highway permit bonds.
From $100.
The Kane County Division of Transportation requires an individual highway permit bond, payable to the County, before it issues a permit for work within a county highway right-of-way. The bond equals 100% of the County Engineer's estimate of probable restoration cost. Premiums cost 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
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How much does a Kane County highway permit bond cost?
1% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
Enter the amount the Division specified on your permit, pay, and file. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your firm or ownership details, the location and description of the right-of-way work, the bond amount your individual permit requires, and the effective date.
Approved
No credit check up to $100,000, and most applications approve instantly. Pricing is 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
File with the Division
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with the Kane County Division of Transportation so your individual highway permit can be issued.
What it is and who needs it.
What the Kane County highway permit bond actually guarantees
The Kane County Division of Transportation administers permits for encroachments within county highway rights-of-way under its published Permit Regulations and access ordinances; for utility placements specifically, the Illinois Highway Code requires the County Engineer's written consent, 605 ILCS 5/9-113. An individual highway permit — covering a single driveway, utility, or similar encroachment — requires a bond, payable to the County, before the permit issues.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and Kane County (the obligee), with the traveling public and the county's road infrastructure as the protected party. The bond guarantees you'll complete the work under the permit's terms, safely restore any disturbed pavement, shoulders, curbs, ditches, or landscaping, and indemnify the County for costs arising from non-compliance.
The required amount equals 100% of the County Engineer's estimate of probable restoration cost, set prior to permit issuance, and the bond stays in effect until final inspection and release. Enter that figure and we price it from a $100 minimum. It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety.
You need this bond if you are
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 Division. Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with the Kane County Division of Transportation so your individual highway permit can be issued.
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 instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields. No credit check up to $100,000.
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Get your highway permit bond filed today.
From $100, no credit check up to $100,000, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.