South Bend excavation permit bonds.
$100 flat.
The City of South Bend requires a fixed $5,000 bond before it issues an excavation permit to cut or open a city street or right-of-way. Ours is $100 flat — the price you see is the checkout price — and bonds like this issue instantly.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Excavation permit bonds are simple. 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
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
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your South Bend excavation permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
The City of South Bend controls its streets, alleys, and rights-of-way, and conditions any excavation or pavement cut in them on an excavation permit. The $5,000 bond is the financial backstop the City requires before it issues that permit.
The bond is a restoration-and-compliance guarantee: it stands behind your obligation to backfill, compact, and restore the city street and right-of-way to standard and to follow the permit conditions. If you leave a cut unrestored or it fails, the City can use the bond to make the repair.
It is not insurance for you — if the City makes a valid claim and the surety pays, you repay the surety. Contractors who restore their cuts and close out their permits treat the bond as a routine cost of working in the City right-of-way.
You need this bond if you're
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because this bond doesn't have one.
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South Bend excavation bond, issued today.
$100 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.