Buncombe County stormwater bonds.
Flat 3%. Enter your amount.

Buncombe County can require a stormwater bond under its stormwater ordinance — financial assurance that you build and maintain the stormwater control measures on your approved plan. The county sets the amount; we issue it at a flat 3% with one soft credit pull.

Required by Buncombe County under its stormwater ordinance
Amount set by the county — tied to the cost of the stormwater control measures on your plan
Flat 3%, soft pull only — enter the required amount and the premium updates
Flat 3%of your bond amount$275minimum premiumSoft pullnever affects your score
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How it works

Apply to filed in one sitting.

Enter your amount, consent to a soft pull, and file with the county. Here is the whole thing:

TODAY · 5 MINUTES

Apply online

Your business details, the bond amount the county required, and the effective date — plus a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.

WITHIN 48 HOURS

Reviewed & approved

Most clear quickly; if underwriting needs anything, you hear from an underwriter within 48 hours. The soft pull never affects your credit score.

SAME DAY

File with Buncombe County

Submit the executed bond to the county with your stormwater / development permit. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the county insists.

The whole pricing page.

Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time, $275 minimum. Enter the figure Buncombe County set and the premium updates.

$5,000 bond
$275
$10,000 bond
$300
$25,000 bond
$750
About this bond

What it is and who needs it.

What the stormwater bond actually covers

Buncombe County administers a stormwater ordinance governing development and land-disturbing activity in the mountains around Asheville. As a condition of approval, the county can require a surety bond as financial assurance for the stormwater control measures — detention, infiltration, and water-quality structures — on your approved plan.

The bond runs to Buncombe County as obligee. It guarantees you will build the stormwater control measures to the approved design and, where required, maintain them — so the county has funds to complete or correct the work if you don't, protecting the watershed downstream.

It is a guarantee, not insurance for you: if the county draws on the bond because the stormwater measures weren't built or maintained, you repay the surety. Once the measures are installed, inspected, and accepted, the obligation is released or stepped down to a maintenance amount.

Buncombe County Stormwater Ordinance (development permit)Buncombe County requires financial assurance under its stormwater ordinance for the stormwater control measures on an approved development or land-disturbing plan. The bond runs to the county and backs construction and, where required, maintenance of those measures. The amount is set by the county based on the cost of the stormwater controls — confirm the required amount on your permit or with the county's stormwater / planning department.

You need this bond if you are

A developer or builder in Buncombe County triggering the stormwater ordinance
A site or grading contractor required to bond stormwater control measures
Installing detention or water-quality structures on an approved plan
Carrying a maintenance obligation the county requires you to secure

Five minutes, one soft pull.

Submit the application with the bond amount Buncombe County set — the executed bond is typically issued within 1–2 business days.

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FAQs

Common questions.

If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.

How much is the Buncombe County stormwater bond? +
The premium is a flat 3% of the bond amount, with a $275 minimum. The amount itself is set by Buncombe County based on the cost of the stormwater control measures on your approved plan. Enter that figure and the quote updates.
Who sets the bond amount? +
Buncombe County sets it under its stormwater ordinance, generally tied to the cost of building and maintaining your stormwater controls. We bond whatever the county requires.
Is there a credit check? +
Yes — one soft credit pull, which never affects your score. It informs approval, not price; the rate stays a flat 3% either way.
What does the bond guarantee? +
That you build the stormwater control measures to the approved design and, where required, maintain them. If you do not and the county has to complete the work, it can claim against the bond — and if the surety pays, you repay the surety.
When is the bond released? +
Once the stormwater measures are installed, inspected, and accepted, the obligation is released or stepped down to a maintenance amount. Send us the county acceptance and we adjust it.
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Buncombe stormwater bond, issued fast.

Five-minute application, flat 3%, $275 minimum, soft pull only. Enter the amount the county required and file the same week.

Your premium @ 3%$300
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