The City of Duluth requires a fixed $10,000 permit bond to obstruct or excavate a City street or right-of-way — for utility cuts, obstructions, and street openings. Ours is $300 flat, which is 3% of the bond amount, with no credit check.
















A City permit bond is the simplest thing in surety. Here is the entire process:
Business details and an effective date. That is the application — no financials, no credit check section.
City permit bonds like this are among the bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your street obstruction / excavation permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
$10,000 bond × 3% = $300, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
The City of Duluth controls work in its streets and right-of-way, and conditions a street obstruction or excavation permit on a fixed $10,000 surety bond. The bond is a permit and restoration guarantee: it stands behind your restoring the street, pavement, and right-of-way to City standards after you obstruct or excavate it.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Duluth (the obligee). If a permit holder leaves an unsafe obstruction, fails to backfill or repave to standard, or damages the right-of-way, the City can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays the City, you repay the surety. Contractors who restore the street to spec treat the $10,000 bond as a routine permit formality.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond does not have one.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.