Massillon street opening bonds.
$100 flat.
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 $100 flat — the price you see is the checkout price, identical for everyone. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit check.
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How much does a Massillon street opening bond cost?
$100 at the $10,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
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 is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Permit bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
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.
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
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 $10,000 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 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.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $10,000 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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Pull your Massillon permit today.
$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.