Santa Fe street cut bonds.
$100 flat.
The City of Santa Fe will not issue a street cut permit until you have a $10,000 street cut bond on file with Public Works. Ours is $100 flat — set by our carrier's rate book, the same for every contractor. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit check.
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How much does a Santa Fe street cut bond cost?
$100 at the $10,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
A street cut permit is waiting on this bond. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Permit bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with Public Works
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your City of Santa Fe street cut permit application. Wet-ink original mailed whenever the office insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
When you cut or excavate a public street in Santa Fe, you are opening up pavement the city has to live with for decades. The City of Santa Fe Public Works department requires a $10,000 street cut bond as a condition of the permit — a guarantee that you will restore the street to its approved condition after the work.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier standing behind you, and the City of Santa Fe (the obligee). If you fail to backfill, compact, and resurface properly — or leave a cut that fails — the city can recover its restoration cost against the bond.
It is not insurance for you. If the surety pays the city, you repay the surety. Contractors who restore their cuts cleanly treat the bond as a permit formality — and we keep it active so a lapse never holds up your next permit.
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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 $10,000 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; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
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 Public Works. Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your City of Santa Fe street cut permit application. Wet-ink original mailed whenever the office insists.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $10,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
No credit check.
One application, issued instantly.
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Pull your street cut permit today.
$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.