Madison street opening bonds.
$300 flat. Five minutes.
The City of Madison requires a $10,000 bond before you open a city street, alley, or right-of-way under a street opening permit. Ours is $300 flat — 3% of the bond amount, the same for every contractor. The application is five minutes and there is no credit check on this bond.
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Three steps. One sitting.
A street opening bond is among the simplest things in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application — no financials, no credit check section.
Pay & e-sign
Fixed-amount permit bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with your Madison permit
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your City of Madison street opening permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$10,000 bond × 3% = $300, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the Madison street opening bond covers
The City of Madison controls who may cut into a public street, alley, sidewalk, or right-of-way. Its street opening permit is conditioned on a $10,000 surety bond so the city is protected if a cut is left unsafe or the pavement is not properly restored.
It's a three-party guarantee: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Madison (the obligee). If you fail to backfill, repave, and restore the right-of-way to city standard, the city can recover its repair costs against the bond.
It is not insurance for you. If the surety pays the city, you repay the surety. Contractors who restore their cuts cleanly treat the $10,000 bond as a permit formality, not a risk.
You need this bond if you are
Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
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If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.