Washington County ROW permit bonds.
From $100. Enter your amount.
Before Washington County’s Department of Land Use and Transportation will issue a right-of-way permit for construction in a public or county road, sidewalk, shoulder, or ditch, it requires a performance bond naming Washington County as obligee — guaranteeing you finish the permitted work and restore the right-of-way to the condition the County requires. The County sets the bond amount for each permit; premiums cost 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum, and the application collects no credit information.
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No long underwriting queue for the standard right-of-way permit bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the County. Here is the whole thing:
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Your business details, the entity type, the bond amount Washington County set on your permit, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
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No credit fields in the application, and most applications approve immediately. Larger amounts may get a brief review — if a check ever runs, it is a soft pull that will not touch your score.
File with LUT
Submit the executed bond to Washington County’s Department of Land Use and Transportation to complete your right-of-way permit. The permit itself is valid for one year from issuance.
What it is and who needs it.
What the right-of-way permit bond actually guarantees
A Washington County right-of-way permit is required for construction or other work in a public or county road right-of-way — in the roadway itself, along the sidewalk, on the shoulder, or in the ditch — for things like utility installations, driveway approaches, sidewalks, dust control, bus shelters, and similar work. The Department of Land Use and Transportation (LUT), acting under authority of the Board of County Commissioners, issues the permit and can require a performance bond as a condition of it.
The bond is a performance guarantee, not insurance for you. Washington County is the obligee; you (the permittee) are the principal. If you fail to complete the permitted work or fail to restore the right-of-way to the condition LUT requires, the County can draw on the bond — on demand, certified by the LUT director — to cover the cost, and you indemnify the County against damage arising from the work. If the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety.
The County sets the bond amount for each permit rather than a single statutory figure — it is sized to the scope of your permitted work and the cost of restoring county property if it isn’t done. The underlying right-of-way permit is valid for one year from issuance, and permitted work carries a minimum one-year warranty after completion, during which the County may also require a cash deposit depending on the work. Enter the amount stated on your permit; we price the bond from a $100 minimum, and the application collects no credit information.
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One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields — your business details and the bond amount your Washington County permit requires. No credit information is collected, and most applications approve immediately.
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Premiums from $100. Enter the amount Washington County set on your permit and file with LUT the same day.