City of Yonkers street opening bonds.
$500 flat.
Before you remove pavement or excavate a Yonkers street, the City Engineer requires a $50,000 performance bond posted with the Department of Public Works for the life of the permit. Ours is $500 flat — the price you see is the checkout price. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit review of any kind, not even a soft pull.
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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 credit information collected, 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 street opening permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Yonkers does not let anyone remove pavement or disturb the surface of a city street — to lay pipe, run conduit, place building materials, or for any purpose — until a permit is issued by the City Engineer. The bond is a performance and restoration guarantee in the amount of $50,000, guaranteeing proper repair of the opening and of any city underground facilities you damage.
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 fail to restore the street, the city can recover its repair costs against the $50,000 bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays the city, you repay the surety. The bond must stay posted with DPW for the life of the permit, so contractors who restore the street properly treat it as a permit formality.
You need this bond if you are
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — the application collects no credit information.
Start the application →Common questions.
Other New York bonds.
The City Engineer is waiting on one document.
$500 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.