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 is $275 flat — the 3% premium floored at our minimum — and the application takes five minutes.
















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 no credit check section 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.
$5,000 bond × 3% = $150, floored at our $275 minimum. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
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 check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.