MS right of way vegetation bonds.
$275. Five minutes.
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 $275 flat — the minimum premium, well above 3% of $5,000 — and the application is five minutes with no credit check.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Permit bonds like this are about the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details, the county, and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section.
Pay & e-sign
Small fixed permit bonds like this are among the bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with your MDOT permit
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.
The whole pricing page.
$5,000 bond, $275 flat (the minimum premium, since 3% of $5,000 is below it), one-time per term. Multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
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.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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Clear the right-of-way without a paperwork holdup.
$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.