Cincinnati MSD sewer tapper bonds.
$100 flat.
The Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati (MSDGC) requires a licensed sewer tapper to file a $10,000 surety bond before connecting to its sewer system. Ours is $100 flat — set by our carrier's rate book for this bond, the same for everyone. This bond renews on a fixed statutory date (12/31).
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How much does a Cincinnati MSD sewer tapper bond cost?
$100 at the $10,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
Sewer tapper bonds are about the simplest thing in surety. Here's the whole process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Small municipal bonds like this are among the bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the Cincinnati MSD
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your MSDGC sewer tapper registration. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
A sewer tapper bond is a guarantee to the sewer district. The Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati wants a financial backstop that anyone tapping into its sewers does the work to the district's standards and properly restores the connection and surrounding public infrastructure.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati (the obligee). If a tapper damages the sewer system or fails to follow the district's tapping rules, the district can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Tappers who follow the district's standards treat the bond as a registration formality. The bond runs to a fixed 12/31 statutory renewal date.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the $10,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The bond runs to December 31 whatever day you buy; the premium covers the period to that date.
Renewal falls on the statutory date, December 31, in the year your term ends.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
File with the Cincinnati MSD. Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your MSDGC sewer tapper registration. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $10,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
No credit check.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields. No credit check.
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Register with the Cincinnati MSD today.
$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.