Before you clear vegetation on a state highway right-of-way to make a legally erected billboard visible again, the Mississippi Department of Transportation wants a $5,000 bond on file. Ours is $100 flat — the price you see is the checkout price. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit review of any kind, not even a soft pull.
















Permit bonds like this are about the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Business details, the county, and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit section.
Small fixed permit bonds like this are among the 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 attach to your vegetation removal permit application to the MDOT Maintenance Division. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
Mississippi controls vegetation on state highway right-of-way, including the trees and brush that can grow up in front of legally erected billboards. Under the right-of-way vegetation program, you need a permit from MDOT before you cut or trim any vegetation on the right-of-way to restore a sign's visibility — and that permit is conditioned on a $5,000 surety bond.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Mississippi Department of Transportation (the obligee). The bond guarantees you'll follow the permit's terms — clearing only what's authorized, restoring the right-of-way, and not damaging the highway or other property.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim for permit violations or right-of-way damage, you repay the surety. Permittees who stay within their authorized clearance treat the bond as a permit formality, and we keep your $5,000 filing continuous with renewal notices.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because the application doesn't collect credit information.
Start the application →$100 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.