Yonkers sewer/drain opening bonds.
$300. Five minutes.
Before you open a Yonkers street to connect, repair, or tap into a sewer or drain, the City Engineer requires a $10,000 bond posted with the Department of Public Works. Ours is $300 flat — 3% of the penal sum — and the application is five minutes.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Permit bonds like this are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application — no financials, no credit check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
Fixed-amount municipal permit bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with Yonkers DPW
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to post with the Department of Public Works for your sewer or drain opening permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$10,000 bond × 3% = $300, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Yonkers does not let anyone disturb a city street to make a sewer or drain connection until a permit is issued by the City Engineer. The bond is a restoration guarantee: it stands behind your obligation to properly backfill and repair the street, sidewalk, and any city underground facilities you disturb.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Yonkers (the obligee). If you leave a defective patch, damage a city sewer or water line, or abandon the opening, the city can recover its repair costs against the $10,000 bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays the city, you repay the surety. Contractors who restore the street properly treat the bond as a permit formality, and it must stay posted with DPW for the life of the permit.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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Other New York bonds.
Open the street today, restore it right.
$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.