The City of Overland Park requires contractors who work in the public right-of-way to post a bond before pulling permits. The 25-permits-or-fewer annual bond is a fixed $30,000 — ours is $900 flat, 3% of the amount, with no credit check. The application is five minutes.
















Right-of-way bonds are among the simplest things in surety. Here's the whole process:
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Fixed-amount right-of-way bonds like this issue right after purchase for most applicants. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the city before you pull right-of-way permits. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
$30,000 bond × 3% = $900, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
When you cut, bore, or build in Overland Park's public right-of-way — the streets, sidewalks, and easements the city maintains — the city wants a financial backstop that you'll restore what you disturb and follow its construction standards. This bond is that backstop.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Overland Park (the obligee). If you leave a trench un-restored, damage city pavement, or violate the right-of-way ordinance and the city has to fix it, Overland Park can recover against the bond.
This is the 25-permits-or-fewer annual bond — a blanket bond covering your right-of-way permits for the year rather than one per job. Higher-volume contractors carry a larger blanket. It is not insurance for you: if the surety pays the city, you repay the surety.
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.
$900 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.