Columbus stormwater SCP bonds.
$300. Five minutes.
The City of Columbus requires a $10,000 stormwater control practice (SCP) construction bond, filed with its Department of Public Utilities, to guarantee that stormwater control practices are built to the approved plans. Ours is $300 flat — 3% of the bond amount — and the application takes five minutes with no credit check.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Stormwater control practice bonds are simple. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section.
Pay & e-sign
Fixed construction bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the Department of Public Utilities
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your Columbus stormwater approval. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$10,000 bond × 3% = $300, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
The City of Columbus requires a $10,000 stormwater control practice (SCP) construction bond before stormwater control practices are built, filed with its Department of Public Utilities. It is a construction-completion guarantee standing behind your obligation to build the SCPs to the approved plans and specifications.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Columbus (the obligee). If the control practices aren't built per the approved plans, the city can recover against the bond to complete or correct the work.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Contractors who build the SCPs to plan and pass inspection treat the bond as a permit formality, not a risk.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
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Finish your Columbus stormwater filing today.
$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.