City of Ankeny right-of-way bonds.
From $100.
Before a contractor installs utilities in the City of Ankeny right-of-way, the city requires a surety bond standing behind the restoration of its streets and property. The city sets the amount on your permit — pricing is 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum. Your exact price appears at the application.
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How much does a City of Ankeny right-of-way bond cost?
1% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
No underwriting queue for the standard right-of-way bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the city. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount the city required, and the effective date — that is the application.
Issued on the spot
Most applications approve instantly — the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay.
File with Ankeny Public Works
Submit the executed bond with your right-of-way / utility permit application to the City of Ankeny. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the Ankeny right-of-way bond covers
The City of Ankeny controls the public right-of-way — the streets, parkways, and easements where water, sewer, gas, electric, and communications lines run. Before a contractor opens that right-of-way to install or connect utilities, the city conditions the permit on a surety bond.
The bond runs to the City of Ankeny as obligee and guarantees that you restore the right-of-way to city standards — backfilling, repaving, and repairing whatever you disturbed — and that you follow the conditions of your permit. If you walk away from a trench or leave a street patch that fails, the city can recover its repair cost against the bond.
It is not insurance for you: if the surety pays the city, you repay the surety. Contractors who restore the right-of-way cleanly treat it as a permit formality. Pricing is 1% of the amount Ankeny set, $100 minimum, and no credit check up to $100,000.
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 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.
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 Ankeny Public Works. Submit the executed bond with your right-of-way / utility permit application to the City of Ankeny. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
No credit check up to $100,000. Above that, the carrier may run a soft pull, which never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with the bond amount the City of Ankeny set — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file.
Start the application →Common questions.
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Ankeny right-of-way bond, issued today.
Pricing from $100. Enter the amount the city required and file the same day.