City of Edina excavation bonds.
$100 flat.
To excavate in a public street or public easement in Edina, the City of Edina requires a fixed $5,000 bond. The price is $100 flat — the same for every contractor. Issued when you pay.
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How much does a City of Edina excavation bond cost?
$100 at the $5,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps to permit-ready.
An Edina excavation bond is about as simple as surety gets. Here's the whole process:
Apply once, online
Business details, owner information, effective date. That is the application.
Approved
Approved as soon as you apply. There is no underwriting queue.
File with the City of Edina
Receive the executed $5,000 bond ready to file with your Edina street / public-easement excavation permit. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the Edina excavation bond guarantees
The City of Edina manages its streets and public easements, and conditions any excavation in them on a permit backed by a $5,000 surety bond. Whenever you open pavement, trench across a boulevard, or dig within a public easement, the City wants a financial backstop before it issues the permit.
The bond is a restoration-and-compliance guarantee running to the City of Edina: it stands behind your obligation to restore the street, surface, and easement you disturb to City standards and to follow the permit conditions. If you leave the right of way damaged, the City can recover its repair costs against the bond.
It's a three-party arrangement — you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Edina (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
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 $5,000 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 the City of Edina. Receive the executed $5,000 bond ready to file with your Edina street / public-easement excavation permit. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $5,000 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.
These are the actual underwriting fields. Submit once and your $5,000 bond is issued when you pay.
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$100 flat, no credit check, $5,000 bond issued when you pay.