IN INDOT blanket ROW bonds.
From $100. One bond, all year.
If you pull INDOT permits regularly, a blanket highway permit bond covers all your right-of-way permits for a year instead of bonding each one separately. INDOT sets the amount; pricing starts from $100, and most applicants qualify at or near the minimum. The original bond is mailed to you for a wet-ink signature before filing.
Trusted by industry leaders
Apply, then watch your mail.
The blanket bond is issued on payment, then mailed because INDOT wants the principal’s wet-ink signature on the original. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the blanket bond amount INDOT set, and the mailing address for the original — that is the entire application.
Issued on payment
The application collects no credit information, and most blanket bonds issue instantly — the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay. Larger amounts may get a quick soft-pull review that never affects your score.
Sign the original & file
The original bond is mailed to your address; the principal signs it in wet ink and files it with INDOT. We email a copy the same day so you are never waiting blind.
What it is and who needs it.
What the blanket bond actually covers
INDOT controls the state highway right-of-way under IC 8-23 and conditions every permit on a surety bond. If you do right-of-way work for INDOT routinely, posting a fresh bond for every permit is tedious — a blanket permit bond covers all your INDOT right-of-way permits for the year under one bond.
The blanket bond guarantees the same thing the single bond does — that you do the permitted work to the department’s standards and restore the right-of-way — but across every permit you hold. INDOT sets the blanket amount based on your volume and the scope of work you typically perform.
Because INDOT wants the principal’s wet-ink signature on the original, we mail the executed bond to you to sign and file (and email a copy the same day). If you damage the right-of-way under any covered permit, INDOT can recover against the bond — and if the surety pays, you repay the surety.
You need this bond if you are
Five minutes, then watch your mail.
Submit the application with the blanket amount INDOT set and your mailing address — the executed bond is mailed for your wet-ink signature, with an emailed copy the same day.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
How much is the INDOT blanket ROW bond? ▾
Why is this one mailed? ▾
Blanket vs. single permit — which is cheaper? ▾
Is there a credit check? ▾
What does the bond guarantee? ▾
Other Indiana bonds.
INDOT blanket ROW bond, issued today.
Five-minute application, pricing from $100. One bond for all your permits — mailed for your signature.