Kentwood highway permit bonds.
$200 flat. Filed yearly.
The City of Kentwood requires a $20,000 highway permit bond, filed each year with the Engineering Department, from contractors who want to pull right-of-way permits through the year. Ours is $200 flat — set by our carrier's rate book, identical for every contractor.
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How much does a Kentwood highway permit bond cost?
$200 at the $20,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
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 for a fixed-amount annual permit bond like this.
Pay & e-sign
Permit bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with Kentwood Engineering
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with the City of Kentwood Engineering Department with your permit application and certificate of insurance. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
The City of Kentwood requires an original $20,000 surety bond, filed each year with the Engineering Department, from contractors who want to obtain permits through the year for construction within the limits of the highway right-of-way — or to move objects that exceed legal length, height, width, or weight.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Kentwood (the obligee). The bond is conditioned on performance of the permit conditions and compliance with all requirements of law — if the right-of-way is left damaged or conditions are breached, the city can recover against it.
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 $20,000 bond as an annual permit formality that keeps them eligible to pull permits all year.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the $20,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
File with Kentwood Engineering. Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with the City of Kentwood Engineering Department with your permit application and certificate of insurance. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $200 at the $20,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
No credit check.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields for a fixed-amount annual permit bond — submit once and most issue right away.
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Stay eligible for Kentwood permits all year.
$200 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.