City of Marion excavation bonds.
$100 flat.
The City of Marion requires a fixed $5,000 bond before a contractor excavates in its right-of-way under a permit. Ours is $100 flat — issued instantly on a $5,000 bond. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit review of any kind, not even a soft pull.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Excavation permit bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here is the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application — no financials, no credit section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
Permit 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 of Marion
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your Marion excavation permit application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the Marion excavation bond guarantees
The City of Marion controls its public right-of-way — the streets, alleys, and easements where utilities run. Before a contractor excavates in that right-of-way under a permit, the city conditions the permit on a $5,000 surety bond.
The bond runs to the City of Marion as obligee and guarantees that you backfill and restore the excavation to city standards and follow your permit conditions. If you leave a trench or 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. We track the filing and notify you 60 and 30 days out.
You need this bond if you're
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — the application collects no credit information for this bond.
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$100 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.