NC DOT encroachment bonds.
Flat 3%. Enter your amount.
The performance and indemnity bond NCDOT can require before an installation in a highway right-of-way, filed by the second-party encroaching applicant on form R/W 16 — the property owner or utility, rather than the contractor. We issue it at a flat 3% with no credit check.
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No underwriting queue for the standard encroachment bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the NCDOT encroachment agreement. Here is the whole thing:
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Your business details, the bond amount NCDOT required, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
Issued on the spot
No credit check and no waiting — the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay. Larger amounts may get a quick review.
File with NCDOT
Submit the executed R/W 16 with your encroachment agreement to the NCDOT division or Utilities Unit handling the permit. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists.
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Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time, $275 minimum. Enter the figure on your encroachment agreement and the premium updates.
What it is and who needs it.
What the encroachment bond actually covers
When you place an installation within a North Carolina highway right-of-way, NCDOT requires an encroachment agreement and can require a performance and indemnity bond as a condition of it. The bond indemnifies NCDOT for any damage to the right-of-way caused by the installation.
NCDOT does not dictate who posts the bond — the contractor or the encroaching party. This page is the second-party applicant's version, form R/W 16, filed when the encroaching owner or utility carries the bond directly rather than the contractor.
When the work is finished you request release; NCDOT inspects, and if the right-of-way is restored, the bond is released. If deficiencies remain unaddressed, NCDOT can call the bond, and if the surety pays you repay the surety. We issue the amount NCDOT set, at a flat 3% with no credit check.
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Five minutes, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with the bond amount NCDOT set — the executed R/W 16 is generated instantly, ready to file with your encroachment agreement.
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Five-minute application, flat 3%, $275 minimum. Enter the amount NCDOT set and file the same day.