Olathe right-of-way permit bonds.
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Before you cut a sidewalk or pavement, or excavate in any street, alley, or public property in Olathe, Kansas, the City requires a permit application and a $1,000 bond filed with its Public Works Department. Olathe Municipal Code § 12.08.090 fixes the amount for every applicant. A surety specialist returns your price.
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How much does an Olathe right-of-way permit bond cost?
It is underwritten: the premium is quoted from the bond amount and your financial picture, so there is no flat price to show.
Built around your right-of-way permit.
Olathe issues the excavation permit only after the application is filed and the bond is approved. Here is the whole process, from quote to permit:
Send us the permit details
Apply online with your business details, the address of the work, and the Olathe permit number if you already have one. There is no credit section and no SSN field on this application.
A surety specialist prices it
The ordinance already sets a $1,000 penal sum, so the review is about the permit, not about sizing. A specialist confirms your exact premium and sends it back for approval.
Pay, e-sign & file with Public Works
Once you accept the quote and pay, the executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with the City of Olathe Public Works Department alongside your right-of-way permit application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the Olathe right-of-way bond guarantees
Olathe controls every cut into its streets through Chapter 12.08 of the Olathe Municipal Code. Section 12.08.080 makes it unlawful to cut pavement or excavate in a street or alley without a permit issued by the Public Works Department, and it applies to public utilities as well as private contractors. Section 12.08.090 then requires anyone who needs to cut a sidewalk or pavement, or excavate in any street, alley, or public property, to first file an application and a $1,000 bond.
The bond carries three conditions, all written into the ordinance: that you will properly barricade and protect the cut or excavation, that you will indemnify and save harmless the City from loss, damages, and expenses arising out of your work, and that you will pay the City the cost of refilling and repairing pavement if you do not do it properly yourself. It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Olathe (the obligee).
The City's current right-of-way program calls the same filing a Right-of-Way Performance and Maintenance Bond, and its permit page says the bond is maintained for one year from the date the City accepts the work — matching the applicant's agreement to repair any failure or damage in the right-of-way for a year afterward. It is not insurance for you: if the surety pays the City to refill a trench or replace a slab, you repay the surety. Contractors who restore their cuts to the City's technical specifications treat it as a routine line item on the permit.
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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
Term and renewal are set in the underwriter's quote.
Keep the bond in force for as long as the obligation behind it runs.
How to file it
Pay, e-sign & file with Public Works. Once you accept the quote and pay, the executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with the City of Olathe Public Works Department alongside your right-of-way permit application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
This bond is underwritten: the premium is quoted from the bond amount and your financial picture, so there is no flat price to show.
One application, one specialist review.
These are the actual issuing fields — your business details, the address of the work, and the Olathe permit number. There is no credit section on this bond. Submit once and a surety specialist returns your exact price, typically within one business day. Free until your bond is issued.
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Get the Olathe right-of-way bond off your permit checklist.
Send us the work address and permit number, and a surety specialist returns your price, typically within one business day. Free until issued.