Savannah performance & maintenance bonds.
From $100.
The City of Savannah requires a performance & maintenance bond when you build public improvements the City will accept, such as streets and sewers. The City sets the amount from your project cost, and the premium is 2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
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How much does a Savannah performance & maintenance bond cost?
2% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps to filed.
Your Savannah project is waiting on this bond. Here's the entire process — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
Business details, the bond amount the City set, and the effective date — the only extra step is a one-time consent to a soft credit check that may apply.
Approved
Most are approved as soon as you apply. Any credit check that runs is a soft pull that never affects your score. If it needs a second look, one to two business days at most.
E-sign & file with the City
Pay online and receive the executed bond, ready to post with the City of Savannah for your public improvements. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the City insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
When a developer or contractor builds public improvements in Savannah that the City will accept and maintain — streets, storm and sanitary sewers, waterlines — the City conditions the work on a performance & maintenance bond. The performance side guarantees the improvements get built to City standards; the maintenance side backs them against defects for a set period after the City accepts the work.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier standing behind you, and the City of Savannah (the obligee). If the work is not completed to standard, or defects appear during the maintenance period, the City can recover against the bond to make the improvements right.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays the City a claim, you repay the surety. Because the amount is tied to your project, enter the figure the City set on your approval and your price is confirmed at application, starting from $100.
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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
E-sign & file with the City. Pay online and receive the executed bond, ready to post with the City of Savannah for your public improvements. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the City insists.
What sets the price
The premium is 2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit check that may apply. Submit once and your bond is issued when you pay.
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Premiums from $100. Enter the amount the City set and file the same day.