The City of Dayton requires a $10,000 surety bond to register as a pipe-laying contractor working in the city's right-of-way. Ours is $300 flat — 3% of the bond amount, the same for every contractor. The application is five minutes.
















Municipal contractor bonds are about the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Small municipal license bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the City of Dayton contractor registration office. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
$10,000 bond × 3% = $300, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
The City of Dayton conditions pipe-laying contractor registration on a $10,000 surety bond. Pipe laying cuts into city streets and rights-of-way, so the bond guarantees that you'll restore the right-of-way properly and follow the city's construction rules — and won't leave the city or a resident with an unrestored cut or damaged public property.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier standing behind you, and the City of Dayton (the obligee). If you violate the city's contractor ordinance or fail to restore the right-of-way, the city or a harmed party can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Contractors who restore their cuts and keep the city whole treat the bond as a registration formality, not a risk.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.