Minnesota utility contractor bonds.
Continuing. From $100.
The continuing utility permit bond you file once with the Minnesota Department of Transportation to cover all your trunk highway right-of-way permits — instead of bonding each project separately. MnDOT sets the amount to cover restoration, and the premium is 0.5% of the bond amount, $100 minimum. No credit check up to $100,000.
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How much does a Minnesota utility contractor bond cost?
0.5% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
No underwriting queue for the standard continuing bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with MnDOT. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount MnDOT set, and the effective date — that is the application.
Issued on the spot
No waiting — the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay. Most applications approve instantly.
File with MnDOT
Submit the executed continuing Utility Surety Bond to MnDOT to keep on file for all your right-of-way permits. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the office insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the continuing bond actually covers
When a utility places or alters facilities inside Minnesota's trunk highway right of way, MnDOT issues a permit and requires financial security — cash or a surety bond — to back the permitting law. The bond covers the cost of restoring the right of way, plus the state's engineering and inspection expenses.
MnDOT offers two bond formats. A continuing bond is filed once and covers every permit application a single company submits, so you do not bond each job separately. (The alternative, an individual permit bond, covers one specific project.)
MnDOT sets the amount case by case based on the restoration cost, so there is no fixed statutory figure — you enter what MnDOT required. The premium is 0.5% of the bond amount, $100 minimum, and no credit check up to $100,000.
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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 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.
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 MnDOT. Submit the executed continuing Utility Surety Bond to MnDOT to keep on file for all your right-of-way permits. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the office insists.
What sets the price
The premium is 0.5% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
No credit check up to $100,000. Above that, the carrier may run a soft pull, which never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with the bond amount MnDOT set — the executed continuing bond is generated instantly, ready to file.
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Continuing utility bond, issued today.
0.5% of the bond amount with a $100 minimum. Enter the amount MnDOT set and file the same day.