Washoe County excavation bonds.
$100 flat.
Washoe County requires a $5,000 performance bond for an encroachment/excavation permit before you cut into the county right-of-way. Ours is $100 flat — set by our carrier's rate book for this bond, no quote round-trip. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit review of any kind, not even a soft pull.
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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 fields, 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 Washoe County
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with Washoe County CSD Engineering and Capital Projects with your encroachment/excavation permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
An excavation permit bond is a restoration guarantee. Before you cut into a county street, sidewalk, gutter, or alley, Washoe County conditions the encroachment/excavation permit on the bond so that work in the right-of-way isn't left incomplete or unrestored.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and Washoe County (the obligee), with the traveling public as the protected parties. If a permittee abandons the cut or fails to restore the right-of-way, the county can recover restoration costs against the bond — up to the $5,000 penal sum.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Contractors who restore their work and pass final inspection treat the bond as a permit formality. We issue the $5,000 bond on the form the county requires.
You need this bond if you're
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — the application collects no credit information.
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Pull your Washoe County permit today.
$100 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.