City of Duluth street obstruction bonds.
$600 flat. Soft pull.
To obstruct a public street, or to move or wreck a building across City streets in Duluth, the City of Duluth requires a fixed $20,000 performance bond. At a flat 3% that is $600, the same for every contractor. One soft credit pull, e-signed in 1–2 business days.
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Three steps to permit-ready.
Your Duluth street-obstruction or house-moving permit is waiting on this bond. Here's the whole process:
Apply once, online
Business details, owner information, effective date — plus a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. That is the application.
Reviewed & approved
Most clear quickly; if underwriting needs anything, an underwriter reaches out within 48 hours. The soft pull never affects your score.
File with the City of Duluth
Receive the executed $20,000 bond ready to file with your Duluth obstruction or moving / wrecking permit. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
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$20,000 bond × 3% = $600, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the obstruction bond guarantees
The City of Duluth conditions a permit to obstruct a public street — or to move or wreck a building over and across City streets — on a $20,000 performance bond. Street obstruction, house moving, and building demolition all put the public right of way and adjacent property at risk, so the City wants a financial backstop before it issues the permit.
The bond is a performance-and-restoration guarantee running to the City of Duluth: it stands behind your obligation to complete the obstruction, move, or wrecking work safely, to restore the streets and surfaces you disturb, and to follow the permit conditions. If you leave the right of way damaged or abandon the work, the City can recover against the bond.
It's a three-party arrangement — you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Duluth (the obligee). It is not insurance for you: if the surety pays the City, you repay the surety.
You need this bond if you are
Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your $20,000 bond is typically issued within 1–2 business days.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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The City of Duluth is waiting on one document.
$600 flat, five-minute application, e-signed $20,000 bond in 1–2 business days. Soft pull only.