OR highway permit bonds.
From $100.
If you work in Oregon state highway right of way on a recurring basis — grading, paving, drainage, utility lines — ODOT can require a blanket performance bond covering all your permitted work under ORS 374.305. ODOT sets the amount, and pricing is from $100; your exact price appears at the short application. Most applications approve instantly, and if a check ever runs, it's a soft pull that won't touch your score.
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No underwriting queue for the standard blanket permit bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with ODOT. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount ODOT required, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
Issued on the spot
No waiting — the application collects no credit information, and the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay. Larger amounts may get a quick review.
File with ODOT
Submit the executed blanket performance bond to ODOT to activate your right-of-way permit. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the agency insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the blanket performance bond covers
Under ORS 374.305, no one may build, construct, or place anything in the right of way of an Oregon state highway without ODOT's written permission — a highway permit. ODOT issues single-use permits for one-off work and blanket permits for contractors and utilities that work in the right of way regularly.
ODOT can condition a permit on a performance bond. A blanket bond covers all of your permitted work at once — grading, leveling, drainage, paving, pipe and utility installation — so you don't post a separate bond for every job. The bond guarantees you complete the work to ODOT's specifications and restore the right of way.
If you don't perform — incomplete work, damage to the road, or failure to restore the site — ODOT can recover against the bond to fix it. It is not insurance for you: if the surety pays, you repay the surety. Pricing on the amount ODOT set is variable, from $100, and the application collects no credit information.
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One application, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with the bond amount ODOT set — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file.
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Blanket permit bond, issued today.
Premiums from $100. Enter the amount ODOT required and file the same day.