Kentwood highway permit bonds.
$300. Five minutes.
The City of Kentwood requires contractors working in its street and highway right-of-way to file a highway permit bond with the Engineering Department before a permit issues. At the $10,000 level ours is $300 flat — 3% of the bond amount, the same for every contractor.
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Three steps. One sitting.
A right-of-way permit bond is among the simplest in surety. Here's the whole process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials and no scavenger hunt for a small fixed-amount permit bond like this.
Pay & e-sign
Small permit bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with Kentwood Engineering
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with the City of Kentwood Engineering Department alongside your permit application and certificate of insurance. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$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
When a contractor cuts, opens, or builds in the City of Kentwood's public right-of-way — streets, curbs, sidewalks — the city wants a financial backstop that the work meets city standards and the right-of-way is restored. The highway permit bond is that backstop, filed with the Engineering Department before a permit issues.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Kentwood (the obligee). If a permit holder leaves the right-of-way damaged or fails to comply with permit conditions, the city can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays the city, you repay the surety. Contractors who restore the right-of-way to standard treat the bond as a permit formality, and the $10,000 bond stays on file so you can pull permits through the year.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields for a small fixed-amount permit bond — submit once and most issue right away.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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Keep pulling Kentwood permits.
$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.