Oregon highway permit bonds.
From $100.
ODOT can require a blanket performance bond covering all your permitted work under ORS 374.305 if you work in Oregon state highway right of way on a recurring basis. ODOT sets the amount, and pricing is from $100.
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How much does an Oregon highway permit bond cost?
1% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
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 application.
Issued on the spot
No credit check up to $100,000.
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 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 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 sets the price
The premium is 1% of the bond amount, $100 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, 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.