The City of Winona requires a $10,000 surety bond to excavate in the public right-of-way — opening streets, boulevards, or sidewalks for utility or other work. Ours is $300 flat, which is 3% of the bond amount. The application is five minutes, and permit bonds like this are the fastest thing we issue.
















Permit bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section.
Bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the City of Winona Public Works / engineering office for your excavation permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
$10,000 bond × 3% = $300, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
A Winona right-of-way excavation bond is a right-of-way guarantee to the City. It promises that when you open streets, boulevards, or sidewalks in Winona to excavate, you'll properly backfill, restore the surface, and leave the public right-of-way as good as you found it.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Winona (the obligee). If you fail to restore the right-of-way or leave it unsafe, the City can do the work and recover against the bond.
The bond must stay active while your permit is open. Let it lapse and the City can hold your permit — so we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out, keeping your $10,000 filing continuous.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.