MO Southwest Electric Cooperative pole bonds.
$1,000 flat.
Before a cable, fiber, or telecom provider attaches lines to Southwest Electric Cooperative poles in its southwest-Missouri service territory, the cooperative's pole-attachment agreement requires a $50,000 surety bond guaranteeing the attacher pays the fees due and follows the cooperative's construction standards. Ours is $1,000 flat, and the price you see is the checkout price.
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Three steps. One sitting.
A pole-attachment bond at a fixed amount is about the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Your business details, your contract agreement date with Southwest Electric Cooperative, and an effective date, plus a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Pay & e-sign
Pole-attachment bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with Southwest Electric Cooperative
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to deliver to Southwest Electric Cooperative to complete your pole-attachment agreement. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Southwest Electric Cooperative is a member-owned rural electric cooperative headquartered in Bolivar, Missouri, distributing power across eleven counties in southwest Missouri. When a cable, fiber, or telecom provider — or a contractor performing make-ready work on their behalf — wants to attach lines to cooperative-owned poles, the cooperative requires a signed pole-attachment agreement backed by a surety bond.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), our carrier, and Southwest Electric Cooperative (the obligee). If an attacher fails to pay the fees due under the agreement, damages cooperative facilities, or fails to remove or fix a nonconforming attachment when required, the cooperative can make a claim against the bond up to its $50,000 penal amount.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The Missouri Public Service Commission has only limited jurisdiction over the operational safety of rural electric cooperatives; the specific terms of a pole-attachment agreement, including the bond amount, are set by the cooperative itself, not by a state statute.
You need this bond if you're
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. The pull never affects your score, and your price is fixed at $1,000.
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Finish your pole-attachment agreement today.
$1,000 flat, soft pull only, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.