Beaverton street opening bonds.
From $125.
Cutting, trenching or opening pavement in a City of Beaverton street needs a permit from the City Engineer under Beaverton Code 9.05.020, and BC 9.05.070 requires security for performance before the city lets you open the street. Premiums cost 1% of the bond amount plus a $25 fee, $125 minimum.
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How much does a Beaverton street opening bond cost?
1% of the bond amount plus a $25 fee, from $125. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
No long underwriting queue for the standard street opening security — enter your amount, pay, and file with the City Engineer. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your details, the street cut or trench described on your permit, and the bond amount the City Engineer set.
Approved
No credit check up to $100,000. Larger amounts may get a brief review before your 1%-of-amount premium, $125 minimum, is finalized.
File with the City Engineer
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to attach to your street opening permit. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the street opening bond actually guarantees
A street opening permit is Beaverton's term for the right-of-way permit issued specifically for cutting, trenching, or boring under a city street — the paving itself, not just the shoulder or sidewalk. It falls under the same Beaverton Code 9.05.020 permit requirement that governs all private work in a city right-of-way, and the same BC 9.05.070 security-for-performance rule applies.
Because opening a street disturbs the roadway surface itself, the City Engineer's cost estimate that sizes the bond typically reflects pavement restoration — patching, repaving, or full-width overlay — in addition to any utility work under the cut. The bond names the City of Beaverton as obligee and backs your promise to restore the pavement to city standards within the time the City Engineer sets.
If the restoration is left incomplete, or the patch fails and the city has to repair it, the city can draw on the bond to cover the cost. Enter the bond amount your street opening permit requires; we price it from a $125 minimum, and no credit check up to $100,000.
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 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose.
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 Engineer. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to attach to your street opening permit. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is 1% of the bond amount plus a $25 fee, $125 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
No credit check up to $100,000. Above that, the carrier may run a soft pull, which never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, no credit check up to $100,000.
Submit the application with the street cut described on your permit and the bond amount the City Engineer set. No credit check up to $100,000.
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Premiums from $125. Enter the amount the City Engineer set and attach it to your permit today.