Boone County right-of-way bonds.
From $100. Five minutes.
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. Ours starts from $100 — your exact price appears at the five-minute application, and most applicants qualify at or near the minimum.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Right-of-way bonds are about the simplest thing in surety. Here's the whole process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, and the application collects no credit information on this bond.
Pay & e-sign
Small fixed-amount permit bonds like this one are among the thousands that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with your permit
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.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
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.
You need this bond if you're
Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because the application doesn't collect any credit information for this bond.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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Finish your Boone County permit today.
From $100, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.