Barnegat Township requires a street opening permit bond before you open, excavate, or cut a township street or right-of-way. The Township sets the amount on your permit — we issue it at a flat 3% with no credit check.
















No underwriting queue for a standard street opening bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the Township. Here is the whole thing:
Your business details, the bond amount the Township required, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
No credit check and no waiting — the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay. Larger amounts may get a quick review.
Submit the executed bond to the Barnegat Township Clerk or Engineering office with your permit. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the Township insists.
Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time, $275 minimum. Enter the figure on your Barnegat Township permit and the premium updates.
A street opening bond is a restoration guarantee to Barnegat Township. When you open, cut, or excavate a township street — to lay a utility line, repair a connection, or run a service — the Township wants assurance you will backfill, repave, and restore the road surface to its condition.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and Barnegat Township (the obligee). If the street is left unrestored or the patch fails within the guarantee period, the Township can recover its repair costs against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays the Township, you repay the surety. Contractors who restore the street cleanly treat the bond as a permit formality.
Submit the application with the bond amount the Township set — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
Five-minute application, flat 3%, $275 minimum. Enter the amount the Township required and file the same day.