Massillon street opening bonds.
$300. Five minutes.
The City of Massillon requires a $10,000 bond to pull a street opening permit — when you cut, excavate, or open a city street or right-of-way. Ours is $300 flat — 3% of the bond amount, identical for everyone. The application is five minutes.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Street opening permit bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details, your fax number for the principal, and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section.
Pay & e-sign
Permit bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the City of Massillon
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your street opening permit at the City of Massillon's engineering department. 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
A street opening permit bond is a right-of-way restoration guarantee. When you open, cut, or excavate a City of Massillon street to lay a utility line, make a tap, or do other work, the City wants assurance the pavement and right-of-way are properly restored.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Massillon (the obligee). If you fail to backfill, repave, or restore the street to the City's specifications, the City can recover the cost of doing it against the $10,000 bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Contractors who restore the right-of-way to spec treat the bond as a permit formality, not a risk.
You need this bond if you are
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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Pull your Massillon permit today.
$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.