MI DOT individual ROW bonds.
From $100. Enter your amount.
For a single right-of-way project, MDOT requires an individual right-of-way permit bond on file before it issues the permit. It’s sized to that one project — priced at 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum, and the application collects no credit information.
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Apply to filed in one sitting.
No underwriting queue for the standard ROW bond — enter your amount, pay, and put it on file with MDOT. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your contractor details, the bond amount MDOT set for the permit, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
Issued on the spot
No credit section and no waiting — the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay. Larger amounts may get a quick review, and if a check ever runs it’s a soft pull that won’t affect your score.
File with MDOT
Put the executed bond on file so MDOT will issue your right-of-way permit. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the office insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the individual ROW bond actually guarantees
MDOT requires a permit before anyone works within the state trunkline right-of-way — and before it issues that permit, it requires a right-of-way permit bond on file. An individual bond covers a single permit and project.
It’s the right choice when you only have one project in the right-of-way and don’t expect to pull permits all year. (If you do expect several, a blanket bond covering a year of work under one instrument is usually simpler — we write that too.)
The bond guarantees you complete the permitted work to MDOT’s standards and restore the right-of-way. If you don’t, MDOT can recover the cost of repair or completion against the bond — and if the surety pays, you repay the surety. MDOT sets the amount for the project; pricing starts from $100, and the application collects no credit information.
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Five minutes, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with the bond amount MDOT set — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to put on file.
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If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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Other Michigan bonds.
Individual ROW bond, on file today.
Five-minute application, pricing from $100. Enter the amount MDOT set and file the same day.