Sandwich street & public way bonds.
$100 flat.

The City of Sandwich, a DeKalb County community, requires a contractor performing street, sidewalk, curb, or other public-way construction work to file a $10,000 surety bond with the City before the Building & Zoning Department will issue the permit. 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.

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Required before a permit for work in a Sandwich street, sidewalk, or public way is issued

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Fixed price, fixed amount — $10,000 bond, $100, no quote process

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Multi-year terms available — set it up once for up to 3 years

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How it works

Three steps. One sitting.

A city public-way construction bond is about the simplest filing in surety. Here's the entire process:

NOW · ONLINE

Apply online

Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit section.

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Pay & e-sign

Permit bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.

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File with the City

Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with Sandwich's Building & Zoning Department alongside your public-way permit application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.

About this bond

What it is and who needs it.

What the bond actually guarantees

Sandwich, like most Illinois municipalities, conditions any construction work inside a public street, sidewalk, curb, or other public way on a permit — and that permit is conditioned on the applicant first filing a $10,000 surety bond with the City. No permit for work touching public infrastructure is issued without it.

It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Sandwich (the obligee), with the City and the traveling public as the protected parties. If permitted work damages a street, sidewalk, curb, or other public-way improvement and the contractor doesn't make it right, the City can recover repair costs against the bond up to the $10,000 penal sum.

It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The bond generally needs to stay active for the life of the permitted work, so confirm your specific term and any restoration deadline with the Building & Zoning Department before you begin.

City of Sandwich — Building & Zoning DepartmentSandwich's public-way construction bonding requirement is administered by the City's Building & Zoning Department rather than by a state statute — Illinois does not license this kind of work at the state level, and Illinois cities set their own permit conditions for construction in the public right-of-way. We could not independently verify a citable municipal-code section number for this specific requirement from a source we could fetch, so confirm the current bond amount and any permit conditions directly with the Building & Zoning Department before you apply.

You need this bond if you're

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Pulling a Sandwich permit for street, sidewalk, or curb work as a contractor or property owner's hired contractor

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Opening a public way to install or repair a utility connection that crosses City-owned infrastructure

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A contractor new to the Sandwich market taking on your first local public-way job

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Renewing a bond that is expiring while your permitted work is still open

One application, issued instantly.

These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because this application doesn't collect credit information.

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FAQ

Common questions.

How much is the Sandwich, Illinois street and public way bond?The premium is $100 flat — set by our carrier's rate book for this bond, the same for every applicant. The $10,000 bond amount is set by the City, so there is no quote process.

Do I pay the $10,000?No. You pay $100. The $10,000 is the surety's maximum liability if a valid claim is made against the bond — not a deposit, and nobody holds your money.

How fast will I have the bond?Permit bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase — many applicants finish the application and have the bond in the same sitting. At most, 1–2 business days.

Is there a credit check?The application collects no credit information, so most applicants approve instantly. If a check ever runs on this bond, it's a soft pull that won't affect your score.

What work does this bond cover?Construction work that touches a City street, sidewalk, curb, or other public way — cuts, restorations, new sidewalk or curb installation, and similar work performed under a City permit. It does not replace any separate utility-company or IDOT permit that a job might also require.

Related bonds

Other Illinois bonds.

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$100 flat, soft pull only, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.

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