City of Ankeny right-of-way bonds.
From $100. Enter your amount.
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 60-second application.
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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 entire application.
Issued on the spot
Most applications approve instantly — the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay. If a check runs, it is a soft pull that will not affect your score.
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 the application collects no credit information.
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Five minutes, 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.
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If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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Ankeny right-of-way bond, issued today.
Five-minute application, pricing from $100. Enter the amount the city required and file the same day.