Bloomington street cut bonds.
$200 flat.
Before you cut, bore under, or excavate in a City of Bloomington street, the city requires a $20,000 permit bond filed with your street cut permit. Ours is $200 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 a Bloomington street cut bond cost?
$200 at the $20,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
Street cut bonds are about the simplest thing in surety. Here's the whole process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Fixed-amount permit bonds like this one are among the thousands that issue right after purchase.
File with your permit
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with the City of Bloomington's Engineering / Public Works office alongside your street cut permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
The City of Bloomington requires a street cut (right-of-way excavation) permit before anyone cuts, bores under, or excavates in a city street or right-of-way. The $20,000 bond is a condition of that permit: it guarantees you'll restore the pavement and right-of-way to city standards and stand behind the patch for the warranty period.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Bloomington (the obligee). If you leave a cut unrestored, a patch fails, or you damage city infrastructure, the city can recover its repair costs against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays the city, you repay the surety. Contractors who backfill, compact, and repave to spec treat the bond as a permit formality, not a risk.
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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 $20,000 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 your permit. Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with the City of Bloomington's Engineering / Public Works office alongside your street cut permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $200 at the $20,000 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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Finish your Bloomington street cut permit today.
$200 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.