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Ottawa County open-cut bonds.
$100 flat.
Before you open-cut a county road in Ottawa County to lay or repair utilities, the Ottawa County Road Commission requires a $10,000 performance bond with your permit. Ours is $100 flat — the price you see is the checkout price. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit check.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Permit bonds like this are 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
Permit bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with your Road Commission permit
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Ottawa County Road Commission permit office. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
An open-cut performance bond is a restoration guarantee. When you cut into an Ottawa County road to install a water line, sewer, gas, or other utility, the Ottawa County Road Commission wants assurance you'll backfill, repave, and restore the road to its prior condition.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Ottawa County Road Commission (the obligee). If the cut isn't properly restored and the Commission has to fix it, it can recover its costs against the $10,000 bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Contractors who restore their cuts to spec treat the bond as a permit formality, not a risk.
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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 $10,000 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 your Road Commission permit. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Ottawa County Road Commission permit office. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $10,000 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.
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Pull your Ottawa County road-cut permit today.
$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.