Mound curb cut & street opening bonds.
$100 flat.
Before you cut a curb for a driveway or open a street in Mound, Minnesota, the City requires a Curb Cut / Street Opening permit, and the application must include a $5,000 surety bond to the City under City Code Sec. 38-19(d). Each job carries its own bond. Ours is $100 flat for a term.
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How much does a Mound curb cut & street opening bond cost?
$100 at the $5,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
Mound will not issue a Curb Cut / Street Opening permit until the $5,000 bond is filed with the City. Here is the whole process:
Apply online
Business details, the effective date, and "Curb Cut / Street Opening" as the permit type. The $5,000 amount is already filled in — no credit check on this application.
Pay & e-sign
Permit bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the City
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to attach to your Curb Cut / Street Opening permit application at Mound City Hall. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the Mound street opening bond guarantees
Mound regulates work in its streets through two parts of its City Code. Chapter 38, Article II (License and Permits) governs every license and permit the City grants, and Section 38-19(d) sets the bond rule: where a bond is required for a permit, it must be a corporate surety bond on a form approved by the City Attorney, filed with the clerk before the permit issues, and — unless the City determines otherwise — in the amount of $5,000. Chapter 62, Article III (Excavations) then puts the bond to work: under Section 62-31 a permittee who fails to repair damage to existing improvements is liable on the bond, and under Section 62-32 the City can bill cleanup it had to do itself against the surety bond.
The City applies that rule through its Public Works Permit Application for Curb Cut/Street Opening, which lists a permit fee per cut or opening and a $5,000 bond per occurrence, says the bond must accompany the application, and has the City hold it for one year after job completion. Inspections are booked with Public Works before and after the pour, and the permit is not complete until the Public Works Superintendent approves both. A homeowner may pull the permit personally and assume the responsibility; a contractor doing the work files the bond. The City's current fee schedule lists Street Excavation under its special contractor licenses, with a per-opening fee and a cash deposit on top of the bond.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Mound (the obligee). The bond is conditioned on your following the ordinances that govern the work and holding the City harmless from loss caused by inadequate work or by accidents from your crew's negligence. It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays the City, you repay the surety. Keep it separate from the right-of-way construction performance bond a utility posts under Section 62-62(b)(2) when it restores the right-of-way itself; that one follows Minn. R. 7819.3000 and is sized to the estimated restoration cost.
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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 term is set on the carrier’s application; the premium covers the period shown there.
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. Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to attach to your Curb Cut / Street Opening permit application at Mound City Hall. Wet-ink original 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 issuing fields — your business details, the effective date, the permit type, and a contact person; the $5,000 amount is already set. No credit check. $100 flat, free until your bond is issued.
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Get the Mound street opening bond off your permit checklist.
$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.