Ottawa County annual performance bonds.
$100 flat.
The Ottawa County Road Commission requires a $5,000 annual performance bond from contractors who work in the county road right-of-way — one blanket bond covering your work for the year instead of a bond per permit. Ours is $100 flat. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit check.
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How much does an Ottawa County annual performance bond cost?
$100 at the $5,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
The annual performance bond is the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Small fixed municipal bonds like this issue right after purchase in most cases.
File with the Ottawa County Road Commission
Your executed annual performance bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Road Commission. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Rather than a bond per permit, the Ottawa County Road Commission lets contractors who regularly work in county road right-of-way post a single annual performance bond that covers their work for the year. It is a blanket guarantee of your right-of-way restoration and permit compliance across the term.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Ottawa County Road Commission (the obligee). If your work damages a county road or the restoration fails and you don't make it right, the Road Commission can recover against the $5,000 bond.
This bond renews on the Road Commission’s statutory year-end date (December 31), so the term you select sets the price — and a term running to December 31 keeps you continuously bonded. It is not insurance for you: if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety.
You need this bond if you're
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 $5,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The bond runs to December 31 whatever day you buy; the premium covers the period to that date.
Renewal falls on the statutory date, December 31, in the year your term ends.
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 the Ottawa County Road Commission. Your executed annual performance bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Road Commission. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $5,000 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. No credit check. The bond renews on the Road Commission's statutory 12/31 date.
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Ottawa County annual bond, issued today.
$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.