Sylvania sidewalk & driveway bonds.
$100 flat.
The City of Sylvania requires a sidewalk and driveway contractor to file a $5,000 surety bond with the city before working in the public right-of-way. Ours is $100 flat — set by our carrier's rate book for this bond, the same for everyone. This bond renews on a fixed 4/30 statutory date.
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How much does a Sylvania sidewalk & driveway bond cost?
$100 at the $5,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
Sidewalk and driveway contractor bonds are about the simplest thing in surety. Here's the whole process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Small municipal license bonds like this issue right after purchase.
File with the City of Sylvania
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your Sylvania sidewalk and driveway contractor registration. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
A sidewalk and driveway contractor bond is a right-of-way guarantee to the city. The City of Sylvania wants a financial backstop that work in or affecting the public right-of-way — sidewalks, driveway aprons, curb cuts — is done to city standards and properly restored.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Sylvania (the obligee), with the public protected. If a contractor damages public infrastructure or fails to restore the right-of-way to city standards, the city can recover against the 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 standard treat the bond as a registration formality. The bond runs to a fixed 4/30 statutory renewal date.
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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 April 30 whatever day you buy; the premium covers the period to that date.
Renewal falls on the statutory date, April 30, 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 Sylvania. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your Sylvania sidewalk and driveway contractor registration. 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.
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$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.