MWRD right of way permit bonds.
From $100. Enter your amount.
Before a contractor or developer builds a sewer connection, crosses, or otherwise disturbs land within the right of way of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) — the special district created under the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act, 70 ILCS 2605, serving most of Cook County — its Engineering Department requires surety on the permit sized to the cost of the work. Premiums cost 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum. Enter the amount your permit calls for and your exact price appears at the application.
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The surety itself is a short, standard-form obligation. Enter your amount, consent to a soft pull, and file with MWRD. Here is the whole thing:
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Your details, the permit or project reference, the bond amount MWRD set, and the effective date — plus a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
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Most right-of-way permit bonds clear quickly on the soft pull, which never affects your score — pricing is 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
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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 after a quick soft credit check that never affects your score.
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These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. The pull never affects your score, and your price — from a $100 minimum — is set at application.
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Premiums from $100, soft pull only. Enter the amount MWRD set and file the same day.