City of Reno excavation bonds.
$275. Five minutes.
The City of Reno requires a $5,000 excavation bond for an encroachment/excavation permit before you work in the city right-of-way, under Reno Municipal Code Chapter 6.11. Ours is $275 flat — the minimum premium, because 3% of $5,000 lands below it. The application is five minutes.
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Three steps. One sitting.
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
Permit bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with Reno Public Works
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the City of Reno Public Works department with your encroachment/excavation permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$5,000 bond × 3% = $150, which is under our $275 minimum — so the price is $275, 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
An excavation bond is a restoration guarantee. Under Reno Municipal Code Chapter 6.11, anyone working in the city right-of-way must first obtain an encroachment/excavation permit, and only a licensed, bonded, and insured contractor can pull one. The bond stands behind completing and restoring the work.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Reno (the obligee), with the public as the protected parties. If you fail to finish the work to the approved plans, the City can claim against the bond to cover the cost of completing and restoring the right-of-way — up to the $5,000 penal sum.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The City releases the bond only after the project passes final inspection, which can be up to three years after the work is completed. We issue the $5,000 bond on the form the City requires.
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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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Pull your City of Reno permit today.
$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.