Before you open, bore under, or work within a Boone County road right-of-way, the county requires a $5,000 permit bond filed with your right-of-way / road-cut permit. We price it at 0.5% of the bond amount, $100 minimum — your exact price appears at the short application.
















Right-of-way bonds are about the simplest thing in surety. Here's the whole process:
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, and the application collects no credit information on this bond.
Small fixed-amount permit bonds like this one are among the thousands that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Boone County Highway Department alongside your right-of-way permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
Boone County requires a right-of-way permit before anyone disturbs a county road, shoulder, or drainage right-of-way — utility installs, road bores, driveway tie-ins, and similar work. The $5,000 bond is a condition of that permit: it guarantees you'll restore the right-of-way to county standards and follow the permit's terms.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and Boone County (the obligee). If you leave a cut unrestored, damage county infrastructure, or abandon the work, the county can recover its repair costs against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays the county, you repay the surety. Contractors who backfill, compact, and repave to spec treat the bond as a permit formality, not a risk.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because the application doesn't collect any credit information for this bond.
Start the application →From $100, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.