City of Minneapolis right of way bonds.
From $100. Enter your amount.
Before you cut a street, open a trench, or otherwise work in the public right of way in Minneapolis, the City of Minneapolis Public Works department requires a surety bond tied to your right-of-way or excavation permit. The City sets the amount; the premium is 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum — your exact price appears at the application.
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No broker phone tag for a right-of-way bond — enter your amount, consent to a soft pull, and file with the City. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount Public Works set, and the effective date — plus a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. That is the application.
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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 Minneapolis
Receive the executed bond ready to file with your right-of-way or excavation permit at Minneapolis Public Works. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the right of way bond actually guarantees
The City of Minneapolis manages its streets, sidewalks, alleys, and boulevards as public right of way through its Public Works department. Anyone excavating or obstructing that right of way — utility contractors, excavators, pavers, house movers — works under a City permit, and the City conditions that permit on a surety bond.
The bond is a restoration-and-compliance guarantee running to the City: it stands behind your obligation to restore the pavement, sidewalk, and boulevard you disturb to City standards, to follow the permit conditions, and to leave the right of way whole. If you don't, 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 Minneapolis (the obligee). It is not insurance for you: if the surety pays the City, you repay the surety. Contractors who restore cleanly treat the bond as a permit formality.
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One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Enter the amount the City set and submit.
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Pricing from $100, soft pull only. Enter the amount Public Works set and file with your permit.