NY highway work permit bonds.
Issued instantly. $275 flat.
The bond the New York State DOT requires on form PERM 44 before you work in, or occupy, the state highway right-of-way. Most permit bonds are issued instantly, no credit check, and ready to file with your permit application the same day.
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The highway work permit bond is instant-issue — there is no underwriting queue to wait in. Here is the whole thing:
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Your business details, the bond amount NYSDOT set for your permit, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
Issued on the spot
There is no credit check and no waiting — the executed PERM 44 bond is generated as soon as you pay. Larger amounts may get a quick review.
File with NYSDOT
Submit the executed bond with your Highway Work Permit application to the Department of Transportation. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the regional permit office insists on them.
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Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time, $275 minimum. NYSDOT sets the penal sum for your permitted work — at smaller amounts the 3% lands below the $275 minimum, so that is what you pay.
What it is and who needs it.
What the PERM 44 bond actually covers
Under Highway Law § 52, no one may construct, improve, or occupy within the state highway right-of-way without a Highway Work Permit from the Commissioner of Transportation. NYSDOT may condition that permit on a surety bond — form PERM 44 — guaranteeing the permitted work.
The bond covers utility work, driveway and access connections, and other right-of-way work. It guarantees you perform the work to the permit's terms and restore the right-of-way when you are done, protecting the State from the cost of unfinished or defective work.
The penal sum is set by NYSDOT for the specific permitted work — enter whatever figure your permit paperwork states. Because the bond is statutory, it is instant-issue: no financial statements, no credit check, no underwriter queue. You apply, pay, and file the executed bond the same day.
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Five minutes, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with the bond amount from your permit — the PERM 44 bond is generated instantly, ready to file with the New York State DOT.
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Five-minute application, instant issue, $275 flat minimum. File with the New York State DOT the same day.