Kentucky encroachment permit bonds.
From $100.
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet can require a performance bond on form TC 99-7, guaranteeing you restore the right-of-way, when you encroach on a state right-of-way with a utility cut, driveway or other work. The Cabinet sets the amount; premiums are 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
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How much does a Kentucky encroachment permit bond cost?
1% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
No underwriting queue for the standard encroachment bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the Permits Branch. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the encroachment location and KYTC permit number, the bond amount, and an effective date — that is the application.
Issued on the spot
No credit check up to $100,000.
File with the Permits Branch
Submit the executed bond on form TC 99-7 to the Department of Highways Permits Branch. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the Cabinet insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the encroachment bond actually covers
An encroachment permit lets you work within a Kentucky state right-of-way — running a utility line, cutting a driveway, or otherwise occupying Cabinet-controlled ground. The Transportation Cabinet conditions the permit on a performance bond so the public never pays to fix your work.
The bond is a restoration guarantee: it backs your obligation to correct any non-conforming aspect of the encroachment and to restore the right-of-way, roadway, and surfacing in accordance with Cabinet regulations. If you don't, the Cabinet can recover against the bond to do it for you. The bond stays in effect until the Cabinet terminates it in writing.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Enter the amount the Permits Branch named on your permit; we issue it on form TC 99-7 with premiums starting at $100 and no credit check up to $100,000.
You need this bond if you are
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
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
File with the Permits Branch. Submit the executed bond on form TC 99-7 to the Department of Highways Permits Branch. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the Cabinet insists.
What sets the price
The premium is 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
No credit check up to $100,000. Above that, the carrier may run a soft pull, which never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with the bond amount the Cabinet set — the executed bond is generated instantly on form TC 99-7, ready to file.
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Encroachment bond, issued today.
Premiums from $100. Enter the amount the Cabinet required and file the same day.