Findlay sidewalk & curb cut bonds.
$100 flat.
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 $100 flat — the price you see is the checkout price. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit check.
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How much does a Findlay sidewalk & curb cut bond cost?
$100 at the $5,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
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 is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Right-of-way bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
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.
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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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 $5,000 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 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.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $5,000 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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$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.