Shorewood public-improvement bonds.
$100 flat.
The Village of Shorewood requires a $5,000 surety bond before it will issue a permit for excavation, utility installation, or construction work that could damage public streets, sidewalks, curbs, or utility lines. Ours is $100 flat — the price you see is the checkout price, and no credit check.
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How much does a Shorewood public-improvement bond cost?
$100 at the $5,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
A Shorewood public-improvement 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
Permit-linked bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with Public Works & Engineering
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file alongside your excavation, utility, or right-of-way permit application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
The Village of Shorewood, in Will County, ties this bond to its permitting process for work that touches public infrastructure. Before the Village's Public Works & Engineering office will issue a permit for excavation, utility installation, or construction near a street, sidewalk, curb, or utility line, the applicant files a $5,000 surety bond to guarantee any resulting damage gets repaired.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Village of Shorewood (the obligee), with the Village and its taxpayers as the protected party. If your work damages a public street, sidewalk, curb, or utility line and you don't make the repair, the Village can look to the bond up to its $5,000 penal sum to cover the cost.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The bond typically needs to stay active for the duration of your permitted project, and some permits require it to remain in place for a period after completion to cover latent defects; confirm the required term with Public Works & Engineering before you file.
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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 $5,000 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 Public Works & Engineering. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file alongside your excavation, utility, or right-of-way permit application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $5,000 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.