The City of Niagara Falls requires a $10,000 bond before it issues a right-of-way or street-opening permit. Ours is $300 flat — 3% of the bond amount, identical for every applicant. The application is five minutes.
















Permit bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section.
Permit bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your right-of-way permit application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
$10,000 bond × 3% = $300, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
A right-of-way permit bond is a street-restoration guarantee. When you open or work in a City of Niagara Falls street, sidewalk, or right of way, the city wants a financial backstop that the cut will be backfilled and the pavement restored to city standard.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Niagara Falls (the obligee). If a street cut is left unrestored, settles, or the permit conditions are violated, the city can recover its repair costs against the $10,000 bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Contractors who restore the right of way properly treat the bond as a permit formality, not a risk.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.