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 review of any kind, not even a soft pull.
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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's the application — no financials, no credit section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
Permit bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
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.
You need this bond if you're
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →Common questions.
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Pull your Ottawa County road-cut permit today.
$100 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.