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 check.
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How much does a Hammond street opening bond cost?
$100 at the $10,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
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 is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Permit bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
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
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 $10,000 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 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 sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $10,000 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.
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Pull your Hammond permit today.
$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.