City of Omaha street excavation bonds.
$600. Five minutes.
Before you cut or excavate a City of Omaha street or right-of-way, the City requires a $20,000 surety bond. Ours is $600 flat — 3% of the bond amount, identical for every contractor. The application is five minutes, and city permit bonds like this are the fastest thing we issue.
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Three steps. One sitting.
City permit bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
City permit bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the City of Omaha
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your City of Omaha street excavation or right-of-way permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$20,000 bond × 3% = $600, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
The City of Omaha controls its streets and public right-of-way, and conditions any excavation or street cut on a $20,000 surety bond. The bond is a restoration guarantee: it stands behind your obligation to backfill, repave, and restore the public way to the City's standard after you open it.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Omaha (the obligee), with the City and the traveling public as the protected parties. If a contractor leaves a defective or unsafe restoration, the City can recover the cost of repair against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Contractors who restore their cuts to spec treat the bond as a permit formality, not a risk.
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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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Finish your Omaha excavation permit today.
$600 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.