Oswego excavation bonds.
$100 flat.
The Village of Oswego requires a contractor to file a $10,000 surety bond before it will issue a permit to excavate or open a public street, sidewalk, or right-of-way. Ours is $100 flat — the price you see is the checkout price. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit check.
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How much does an Oswego excavation bond cost?
$100 at the $10,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
A village right-of-way bond is about the simplest filing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Registration bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the Village
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with Oswego Public Works or Development Services alongside your excavation or street-opening permit application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Oswego, a fast-growing Kendall County village, conditions any permit to excavate or open a public street, sidewalk, or right-of-way on a contractor or utility first posting a $10,000 surety bond with the Village. The bond guarantees the opening is properly restored to Village standards once the work is complete.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Village of Oswego (the obligee), with the Village and the traveling public as the protected parties. If restoration work is left incomplete or defective, the Village can recover against the bond up to the $10,000 penal sum to complete or repair it.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Keep the bond in force for as long as your excavation permit is active; we track the term and notify you well ahead of expiration.
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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 $10,000 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 the Village. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with Oswego Public Works or Development Services alongside your excavation or street-opening permit application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $10,000 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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$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.