Passaic County highway opening bonds.
From $100.
The bond the County of Passaic requires before you open, cut, or use a county highway under a permit from the County Engineer. The county sets the amount on your permit — pricing is 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum. Your exact price appears at the application, which collects no credit check up to $100,000.
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How much does a Passaic County highway opening bond cost?
1% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
No underwriting queue for the standard county highway bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the County of Passaic. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount the county required, and the effective date — that is the application.
Issued on the spot
Most applicants are approved instantly. No credit check up to $100,000.
File with Passaic County
Submit the executed bond with your highway opening and use permit application to the Passaic County Engineering Department. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the highway opening bond covers
When you cut into, open, or occupy a county highway in Passaic County — to lay a utility line, make a road connection, or do any work in the county right-of-way — the County of Passaic issues a highway opening and use permit and requires a surety bond as a condition of it.
The bond guarantees that you restore the roadway to county standards and don't leave the county or the traveling public to pay for your trench, patch, or pavement settlement. The County Engineer sets the amount based on the scope of the opening and the cost of proper restoration.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety, and the County of Passaic (the obligee). If the work isn't restored properly, the county can recover against the bond — and if the surety pays, you repay the surety.
You need this bond if you are
Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
File with Passaic County. Submit the executed bond with your highway opening and use permit application to the Passaic County Engineering Department. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
No credit check up to $100,000. Above that, the carrier may run a soft pull, which never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with the bond amount the County of Passaic set — most applicants see instant approval, with pricing from $100.
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