Anne Arundel forestation bonds.
From $225.
When Anne Arundel County requires reforestation or afforestation, you sign a Forestation Agreement and post security with it. This Completion Bond for Forestation Agreement is the surety-bond form of that security, in the amount your plan comment letter gives. The premium is 6% of the bond amount plus a $25 fee, $225 minimum.
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How much does an Anne Arundel forestation bond cost?
6% of the bond amount plus a $25 fee, from $225. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
The County prints its own bond form and wants three originals. Here's the whole path from comment letter to a signed Forestation Agreement:
Apply online
The property owner on the deed, the security amount from your comment letter, and the plan it attaches to — plus a one-time consent to a soft credit pull that never affects your score.
Pay & e-sign
Most applications approve on submission. The bond is written on the County form, naming Anne Arundel County, Maryland as obligee, with a Treasury-listed surety.
Submit with the Forestation Agreement
Book a time with your Office of Planning and Zoning reviewer and hand in the agreement, the bond and the separate 10% inspection fee. Wet-ink originals are mailed when the County needs them.
What it is and who needs it.
What the forestation completion bond guarantees
Anne Arundel County's forest conservation subtitle reaches plans and grading or sediment control permits on sites of 40,000 square feet or more. Where a plan calls for planting, replanting, reforestation or afforestation over 1,000 square feet or more, the developer must sign a Forestation Agreement with the County (§ 17-6-307(a)). The same agreement is required for planting in the Chesapeake Bay critical area and in bog protection areas.
Under § 17-6-702(a) the agreement must be accompanied by security in the amount Title 11 sets — a cash deposit, certified or cashier's check, irrevocable letter of credit, or a bond from a bonding company acceptable to the County. This bond is that last option. It is a three-party promise: you (the principal), the surety, and Anne Arundel County, Maryland (the obligee), guaranteeing the plantings are installed and maintained under the approved forest conservation, buffer management or bog protection plan.
The County holds the security for two years (§ 17-6-703(a)) and may release up to half of it early, but not before at least one growing season has passed. If the work is not done, the security is forfeited to the County, and any cost above it becomes a lien on the developer's property (§ 17-6-704(a)). It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays, you repay the surety. And the owner must ask in writing for the security back within 180 days after the two-year hold, or it is forfeited by operation of law (§ 17-6-704(b)).
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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
The carrier issues this bond for a single two-year term; the term cannot be changed at checkout.
Renewal falls on the statutory date, October 8, in the year your term ends.
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
Submit with the Forestation Agreement. Book a time with your Office of Planning and Zoning reviewer and hand in the agreement, the bond and the separate 10% inspection fee. Wet-ink originals are mailed when the County needs them.
What sets the price
The premium is 6% of the bond amount plus a $25 fee, $225 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. The application includes a credit consent, but it authorizes a soft credit pull only — a soft inquiry that never affects your score. One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
Start the application →Common questions.
Other Maryland bonds.
Price and requirements checked on the carrier’s application, .
Plan approved. Security next.
Enter the amount from your comment letter, see your exact price, and submit the bond with your Forestation Agreement. Soft pull only. Free until issued.