IN single well plugging bonds.
$125 flat.
To get a permit for a single oil or gas well, Indiana requires a $2,500 plugging bond filed with the DNR Division of Oil and Gas under IC 14-37-6. Ours is $125 flat — set by our carrier for this bond. A quick soft credit check may apply and never affects your score; e-signed in 1–2 business days.
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Three steps to a bonded well.
Your single-well permit is waiting on this bond. Here is the entire process:
Apply once, online
Business details, the county where the well sits, and an effective date. The only extra step is a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Reviewed & approved
Most clear quickly; if underwriting needs anything, you hear from an underwriter within 48 hours. The credit check is a soft pull that never affects your score.
File with the DNR
Pay online and receive the executed bond, ready to file with your Division of Oil and Gas permit application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the agency insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Indiana regulates oil and gas wells through the DNR Division of Oil and Gas under IC 14-37 and 312 IAC 29. A permittee must file a plugging bond before drilling, deepening, converting, or operating a well — the single-well bond is $2,500 following the General Assembly's update to the IC 14-37-6 bonding provisions.
The bond guarantees compliance with the plugging and abandonment rules: plugging the well, filling excavations, removing concrete bases and discarded materials, cutting surface casing at least 36 inches below grade, and restoring the surface as nearly as possible to its former condition.
It stays effective from filing until the Natural Resources Commission determines the well has been properly plugged and abandoned in accordance with IC 14-37, 312 IAC 29, the permit terms, and Commission orders. It is a guarantee to the state — if the surety pays to plug your well, you repay the surety.
You need this bond if you are
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your bond is typically issued within 1–2 business days.
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Other Indiana bonds.
The DNR is waiting on one document.
$125 flat, short application, e-signed bond in 1–2 business days. Free until issued.