Kent County highway permit bonds.
$300. Five minutes.
The Kent County Road Commission requires a fixed $10,000 highway permit bond from contractors and utilities working in the county road right of way. Ours is $300 flat — 3% of the bond amount, the same for everyone — with no credit check on this bond.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Fixed-amount permit bonds are about 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, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
Small fixed-amount bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the Kent County Road Commission
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your Kent County Road Commission highway permit application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
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$10,000 bond × 3% = $300, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
The Kent County Road Commission requires a highway permit bond from contractors and utilities who perform work within the county road right of way — driveways, utility cuts, drainage, and any excavation in or along a county road. The bond is a performance guarantee standing behind the highway permit.
It guarantees you complete the work to the Road Commission’s standards and restore the right of way to at least its prior condition. It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Kent County Road Commission (the obligee).
It is not insurance for you — if you damage the roadway or fail to restore the right of way and the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Contractors who follow the Road Commission’s permit conditions treat the bond as a permit formality, not a risk.
You need this bond if you are
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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Kent County highway permit bond, issued today.
$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.