Duluth street obstruction bonds.
$100. Five minutes.
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 $100 flat, set by our carrier’s rate book — the application collects no credit information.
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Three steps. One sitting.
A City permit bond is the simplest thing in surety. Here is the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application — no financials, and the application collects no credit information.
Pay & e-sign
City permit bonds like this are among the bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the City of Duluth
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your street obstruction / excavation permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the street obstruction bond guarantees
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.
You need this bond if you are
Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — the application collects no credit information for this bond.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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Duluth street obstruction bond, issued today.
$100 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.