The Township of Macomb requires a drain layer to file a $1,000 surety bond before installing or connecting to its drainage system. Ours is $275 flat — 3% of $1,000 is below our $275 minimum, so $275 is the price. The application is five minutes, with no credit check on this bond.
















Township license bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section.
Small fixed-amount license bonds like this 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 Macomb Township Building / Public Works department. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
$1,000 bond × 3% = $30, below our $275 minimum, so $275 one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
A drain layer bond is a public-infrastructure protection guarantee. When you connect a property to the Township's storm or sanitary drains, the Township of Macomb wants a financial backstop that the work meets its specifications and that any damage to public drains, roads, or rights-of-way gets repaired.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Township of Macomb (the obligee), with the public as the protected party. If a layer's work is defective or damages public infrastructure, the Township can recover against the bond.
The bond must stay active for as long as you're licensed. Let it lapse and the Township can pull your drain-connection privileges — so we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out, keeping your $1,000 filing continuous.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.