The City of Stow requires a $5,000 bond to pull a right-of-way permit and work in its public right-of-way and streets. The price you see is the checkout price — $100 flat — and the application collects no credit information.
















Permit bonds are among the simplest in surety. Here's the entire process:
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Permit bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with the Stow Engineering / Public Service Department to pull your right-of-way permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The City of Stow conditions a right-of-way permit — to open, occupy, or work in the city's streets and rights-of-way — on a $5,000 surety bond filed with the city.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Stow (the obligee). If your work damages city pavement, utilities, or the right-of-way and you don't restore it, the city can recover against the bond — it guarantees you'll restore the right-of-way and follow Stow's permit conditions.
It is not insurance for you. If the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Contractors who restore the right-of-way and follow the permit treat the bond as a permit formality, not a risk. We track the term and notify you 60 and 30 days out.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →$100 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.