The City of Oskaloosa requires a $5,000 bond as a condition of its right-of-way / excavation permit — ours is $275 flat, the minimum premium, because 3% of $5,000 is below it. The application is five minutes, and small permit bonds like this are the fastest thing we issue.
















Municipal right-of-way bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section.
Small fixed-amount permit bonds like this issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your Oskaloosa right-of-way permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
$5,000 bond × 3% = $150, which rounds up to our $275 minimum. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
A right-of-way bond is a restoration guarantee. When you cut into Oskaloosa streets, sidewalks, or boulevards to lay utilities or do work in the public right-of-way, the City wants a financial backstop that the surface gets restored to City standards.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Oskaloosa (the obligee). If you leave a trench unrestored or a patch fails, the City can complete the restoration and recover the cost against the bond.
The bond must stay active for the term of your permit. Let it lapse and the City can hold up your right-of-way work — so we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out, keeping your $5,000 filing continuous.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.