MWRD right of way permit bonds.
From $100.
The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD), created under 70 ILCS 2605, requires surety, sized to the cost of the work, from a contractor or developer who builds a sewer connection or otherwise disturbs land in its right of way. Premiums cost 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
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How much does an MWRD right of way permit bond cost?
1% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
The surety itself is a short, standard-form obligation. Enter your amount and file with MWRD. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your details, the permit or project reference, the bond amount MWRD set, and the effective date — no credit check up to $100,000.
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Most right-of-way permit bonds clear quickly — pricing is 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
File with MWRD
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to submit with your Engineering Department permit application. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the MWRD right of way bond actually guarantees
A right of way permit bond is a restoration and compliance guarantee. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, the special district organized under the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act, 70 ILCS 2605, controls a right of way and a sewer system across most of Cook County, and its Engineering Department conditions a permit to build, cross, or connect to that system on surety backing the work.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and MWRD (the obligee). The bond backs your promise to complete the permitted work to MWRD's standards, restore any surface improvements disturbed by construction, and cover the district's costs if the work damages its infrastructure or is left unfinished. If MWRD suffers a loss tied to the permitted work, it can draw on the bond — and if the surety pays, you repay the surety.
MWRD does not publish a single flat bond figure — the amount is set, project by project, to the construction cost of the permitted work plus an allowance for surface restoration, and it can be adjusted for inflation on a renewal. Enter the amount your Engineering Department contact confirms; your premium is priced from a $100 minimum. No credit check up to $100,000.
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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 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 MWRD. Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to submit with your Engineering Department permit application. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
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. Your price — from a $100 minimum — is set at application.
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Get the permit bonded, not delayed.
Premiums from $100, no credit check up to $100,000. Enter the amount MWRD set and file the same day.