The Manistee County Road Commission requires a permit bond to work within county road right-of-way — driveway, utility, or excavation work. The Road Commission sets the amount on your permit, and we issue it at a flat 3% with no credit check.
















No underwriting queue for the standard road permit bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the Road Commission. Here is the whole thing:
Your business details, the bond amount the Road Commission required, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
No credit check and no waiting — the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay. Larger amounts may get a quick review.
Submit the executed bond with your road right-of-way permit application. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time, $275 minimum. Enter the figure on your Road Commission permit and the premium updates.
A Michigan county road commission controls the right-of-way along county roads. To install a driveway, run a utility, or excavate within that right-of-way, you need a permit from the Manistee County Road Commission — and the Commission can require a bond guaranteeing you restore the road and right-of-way you disturb.
It’s a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Manistee County Road Commission (the obligee). If you don’t backfill, repave, and restore the right-of-way to the Commission’s standard, it can draw on the bond to do so.
It is not insurance for you. If the Road Commission makes a valid claim and the surety pays, you repay the surety. Once the work is inspected and accepted, the bond is released. Enter the amount on your permit and we issue it at a flat 3% with no credit check.
Submit the application with the bond amount the Road Commission set — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
Five-minute application, flat 3%, $275 minimum. Enter the amount the Road Commission required and file the same day.