Colwich excavation ROW bonds.
$275. Five minutes.
The City of Colwich, KS requires a $5,000 excavation right-of-way permit bond before you cut, bore, or excavate in city streets and public ways. Ours is $275 flat, our minimum. The application is five minutes.
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Three steps. One sitting.
An excavation right-of-way bond is 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 check section.
Pay & e-sign
Fixed-amount municipal bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with City of Colwich
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the City of Colwich for your excavation right-of-way permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
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$5,000 bond × 3% = $150, below the $275 minimum — so $275 per term. Pick a 1, 2, or 3-year term.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
An excavation right-of-way bond is a public-property protection guarantee. The City of Colwich, KS conditions an excavation permit on a $5,000 surety bond, so that when you open a street or dig in the public way, the city has a financial backstop that you will backfill, restore the pavement, and follow the permit conditions.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Colwich (the obligee). If a permittee leaves a defective patch, fails to restore an excavation, or damages public infrastructure, the city can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Contractors who restore their excavations properly treat the bond as a permit formality, not a risk.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
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Pull your Colwich excavation permit today.
$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.