Cuyahoga County sewer tapper bonds.
$750 flat. Five minutes.
The Cuyahoga County Department of Public Works requires anyone registering as a sewer tapper — to make connections to the County sanitary sewer system — to file a $25,000 bond. Ours is $750 flat, exactly 3% of the bond amount, the same for every tapper. The application is five minutes.
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Three steps. One sitting.
County registration bonds are among the simplest in surety. Here's the whole process:
Apply online
Your business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
Municipal and county registration bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with Cuyahoga County Public Works
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your sewer tapper registration. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$25,000 bond × 3% = $750, 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
Cuyahoga County maintains a large regional sanitary sewer system, and the Department of Public Works lets only registered, bonded tappers make connections to it. The bond guarantees you'll make sewer taps and connections according to County specifications and the sanitary sewer code, and restore any County property or right-of-way you disturb.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier standing behind you, and Cuyahoga County (the obligee). If a sewer tapper damages the County system, makes a defective connection, or fails to restore the site, the County can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays the County on a claim, you repay the surety. Tappers who follow the County's specifications treat the bond as a registration 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.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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Finish your Cuyahoga County registration today.
$750 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.