Wichita excavation bonds.
$100. Five minutes.
The City of Wichita, Kansas requires a $5,000 bond to excavate or cut sidewalks and pavement in the public right-of-way. Ours is $100 flat, set by our carrier's rate book for this bond — the same for every applicant. The application is five minutes, and it collects no credit information.
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Three steps. One sitting.
License 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 fields, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
License 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 Wichita's Public Works department
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your the City of Wichita excavation and pavement-cutting contractor license application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
A Wichita excavation and pavement-cutting bond is a right-of-way-restoration guarantee. The City of Wichita requires it of contractors who dig, trench, or cut into sidewalks, streets, and pavement, so the public right-of-way is restored to city standard after the work.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Wichita (the obligee), with the public as the protected party. If a contractor leaves the right-of-way damaged, fails to restore a cut, or violates the permit, the city can recover restoration costs against the bond.
The bond must stay active while your permit privileges are open. Let it lapse and the city can pull your right to cut and excavate — so we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out, keeping your $5,000 filing continuous.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit fields, because this bond's application doesn't collect any.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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$100 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.