Findlay sidewalk & curb cut bonds.
$275 flat. Five minutes.
The City of Findlay requires a $5,000 bond filed with the Engineering Department before a contractor builds sidewalks or makes driveway/curb cuts in the public right-of-way. Ours is $275 flat — the 3% rate lands at our minimum on a bond this size. Five-minute application, no credit check.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Right-of-way bonds are about the simplest thing in surety. 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
Right-of-way bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the Engineering Department
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with the City of Findlay Engineering Department so your curb-cut and sidewalk permits can issue. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$5,000 bond × 3% = $150, below our $275 minimum, so it is $275 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
A sidewalk and curb-cut bond is a right-of-way restoration guarantee. When you build sidewalks or cut a driveway/curb into the City of Findlay's right-of-way, the City wants a financial backstop that the work is done to its standards and that City property is restored if your work is incomplete, substandard, or causes damage.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier standing behind you, and the City of Findlay through its Engineering Department (the obligee). If the work fails or damages City property, the City can claim against the bond to fund the repairs.
This is a blanket bond — it covers your sidewalk and curb-cut work across the term rather than a single address. If you only need to cover one specific location, the City offers a single-address curb-cut bond instead. It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays, you repay the surety.
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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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Get your right-of-way bond today.
$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.