Detroit stone sidewalk bonds.
$275. Five minutes.
The City of Detroit licenses builders of artificial stone sidewalks and requires a $2,500 surety bond before you lay sidewalk in the public way. Ours is $275 flat, the 3%-of-penal-sum minimum. Five-minute application.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Municipal license bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section.
Pay & e-sign
Small fixed-amount municipal bonds like this issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the City of Detroit
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the City of Detroit as part of your stone-sidewalk builder license. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
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$2,500 bond × 3% = $75, below the $275 minimum — so it is $275, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
A stone-sidewalk builder bond is a restoration and compliance guarantee to the City of Detroit. Artificial stone sidewalks sit in the public way, where the City answers for what gets built — Detroit wants a financial backstop that you'll build to City standard and not leave a defective or hazardous walk behind.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Detroit (the obligee). If your sidewalk work is defective, damages City property, or violates the City's sidewalk ordinance, the City can recover against the bond up to $2,500.
The bond must stay active while you're licensed. Let it lapse and the City can suspend your sidewalk-builder license — so we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out, keeping your $2,500 filing continuous.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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License as a Detroit sidewalk builder today.
$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.