Greensboro sedimentation control bonds.
Flat 3%. Enter your amount.
The City of Greensboro can require a sedimentation control bond as a condition of a grading permit when a developer disturbs land — the financial guarantee that the site is stabilized and erosion controls hold. The City sets the amount; we issue it at a flat 3%, $275 minimum.
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Apply to filed in one sitting.
Enter the amount the City required, apply, and file the executed bond with your grading permit. Here is the whole process:
Apply online
Your business details, the project name, and the bond amount the City of Greensboro set — plus a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. That is the application.
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Most clear quickly; if underwriting needs anything, an underwriter reaches out within 48 hours. The credit check is a soft pull that never affects your score.
File with Water Resources
Pay online and receive the executed bond ready to file with the City of Greensboro Water Resources Department's Erosion & Sediment Control Section alongside your grading permit. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
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Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time, $275 minimum. Enter the penal sum on your grading permit and the premium updates.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
The City of Greensboro regulates land-disturbing activity through its Land Development Ordinance, and conditions a grading permit on a sedimentation control bond when a project disturbs land. The bond is a fiscal guarantee to the City that the site's erosion and sediment controls are installed, maintained, and the ground stabilized — so the developer's grading doesn't push silt into Greensboro's streets, storm drains, and creeks.
It's a three-party arrangement: you the developer (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Greensboro (the obligee). If the controls fail and the City has to step in to stabilize the site or repair sedimentation damage, the City can recover its costs against the bond.
This bond is continuous — it stays in force until the City releases it after final inspection of the improvements, and it can't be cancelled by the developer or surety mid-project. We issue the amount the City set, at a flat 3%, and track it so your grading permit stays in good standing.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your bond is typically issued within 1–2 business days.
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Flat 3%, $275 minimum, five-minute application. Enter the amount the City set and file with your grading permit.