Mentor right-of-way bonds.
$100 flat.
The City of Mentor requires a $10,000 surety bond from contractors working in the public right of way — including sewer work — filed with its Building & Engineering Department on Mentor’s own bond form. Ours is $100 flat — the price you see is the checkout price, the same for every contractor.
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How much does a Mentor right-of-way bond cost?
$100 at the $10,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
Local permit bonds are 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
Small fixed-amount permit bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with Building & Engineering
Your executed bond on Mentor’s surety bond form arrives by email, ready to file with your right-of-way permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
When a contractor opens, cuts, or works in the City of Mentor’s public right of way — streets, terraces, and sewer connections — the city requires a $10,000 surety bond, filed with the Building & Engineering Department on Mentor’s own bond form. It's a restoration-and-compliance guarantee that you'll restore the right of way and follow Mentor’s codes and ordinances.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier standing behind you, and the City of Mentor (the obligee), with the public protected. If you damage city property, leave a restoration incomplete, or violate permit conditions, the city can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The Mentor bond expires December 31 each year, so we track it and send renewal notices 60 and 30 days out to keep your $10,000 filing continuous.
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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 $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 Building & Engineering. Your executed bond on Mentor’s surety bond form arrives by email, ready to file with your right-of-way permit. 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.
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Get your Mentor right-of-way permit moving.
$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.