Lansing building mover bonds.
$300. Five minutes.
The City of Lansing requires a contractor who moves a building or structure over city streets to post a $10,000 bond with the city before it issues a house-mover permit or license. Ours is $300 flat — 3% of the bond amount — and the application is five minutes.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Municipal permit bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials and no credit check section on this bond.
Pay & e-sign
Small fixed municipal bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the City of Lansing
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your Lansing building-mover permit application. 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
Moving a building through a city is disruptive work — it ties up streets, can damage pavement, curbs, trees, traffic signals, and overhead lines, and has to be done on a schedule. The City of Lansing conditions a building-mover permit on a surety bond so the city and the public have a financial backstop.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Lansing (the obligee). If a move damages city property or a third party and you don't make it right, the harmed party can recover against the $10,000 bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Movers who restore the right-of-way and follow the permit conditions treat the bond as a licensing formality.
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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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$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.