Hammond street opening bonds.
$100 flat.
The City of Hammond, Indiana requires a $10,000 street opening permit bond before you cut, open, or excavate a city street or right-of-way. Ours is $100 flat, issued instantly. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit review of any kind, not even a soft pull.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Right-of-way permit bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit section.
Pay & e-sign
Permit bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the City of Hammond
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your Hammond street-opening permit application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
The City of Hammond, Indiana requires a street opening permit before anyone cuts, bores, or excavates a city street, alley, or right-of-way — for a utility tap, a sewer connection, or any work in the public way. The bond is a guarantee to the city that you will restore the pavement and right-of-way to city standards after the work.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Hammond as the obligee. If you leave a cut unrestored, a settling patch, or damage the public way and the city has to repair it, the city can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays the city, you repay the surety. Contractors who backfill and repave to spec treat the bond as a permit formality.
You need this bond if you are
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →Common questions.
Other Indiana bonds.
Pull your Hammond permit today.
$100 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.