The City of Nichols Hills requires a $5,000 bond to pull a street and sidewalk permit. Ours is $100 flat — issued instantly, the same for every contractor. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit review of any kind, not even a soft pull.
















Permit bonds are the simplest thing 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 attach to your Nichols Hills street & sidewalk permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
When you cut, dig, or build in the City of Nichols Hills' streets and sidewalks, the City wants assurance you'll restore and repair what you disturb. It conditions a street and sidewalk permit on a $5,000 surety bond — a restoration-and-compliance guarantee standing behind your work in the public right-of-way.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Nichols Hills (the obligee). If you fail to restore a street or sidewalk or leave damage to City property, the City can recover against the bond to make repairs.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Contractors who restore their work sites and follow the City's permit conditions treat the bond as a permit formality, not a risk.
These are the actual issuing fields — the application collects no credit information for this bond.
Start the application →$100 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.