The Charter Township of Chesterfield requires a contractor who connects to or taps the township sewer system to post a $5,000 bond before the township issues a sewer connection permit. Ours is $275 flat — the $275 minimum on a 3%-of-amount rate — and the application is five minutes.
















Municipal connection bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials and no credit check section on this bond.
Small fixed municipal bonds like this issue right after purchase in most cases. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your Charter Township of Chesterfield sewer connection permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
$5,000 bond × 3% = $150, below our $275 floor — so the price is $275 per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
Tapping a public sewer main means cutting into township infrastructure and restoring the street, the connection, and the surrounding right-of-way. The Charter Township of Chesterfield conditions a sewer connection permit on a surety bond so the township has a backstop if the work is left defective or the right-of-way is not restored.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Charter Township of Chesterfield (the obligee). If your connection work damages the township system or the restoration fails, the township can recover against the $5,000 bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Contractors who make a clean tap and restore the right-of-way treat the bond as a permit formality.
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.
$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.