The Township of Genesee, Michigan requires a fixed $10,000 fidelity and performance bond from contractors who install or connect to its sanitary sewer or water lines. Ours is $100 flat — set by our carrier’s rate book for this bond, the same for every contractor — and the application collects no credit information.
















Fixed-amount municipal bonds are about the simplest thing in surety. Here’s the entire process:
Business details and an effective date. That’s the application — no financials, no credit fields, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Small fixed-amount bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Township for your sewer or water connection permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The Township of Genesee requires a fidelity and performance bond from contractors who tap into, extend, or repair its sanitary sewer and water line systems. The bond is a performance guarantee that the work is done to the Township’s standards and that the public infrastructure is protected and properly restored.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Township of Genesee (the obligee). If a contractor damages the system, fails to complete the connection properly, or violates the Township’s sewer and water requirements, the Township can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Contractors who follow the Township’s sewer and water specifications treat the bond as a permit formality, not a risk.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because this bond doesn’t have one.
Start the application →$100 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.