When a Beaufort County development permit requires landscaping, the county conditions it on a survival bond — security that the required plantings actually go in and survive their establishment period. Beaufort County Community Development sets the amount on your permit; we issue it at a flat 3%, $275 minimum, with one soft credit pull.
















No broker phone tag — enter the amount on your permit, consent to a soft pull, and file with Beaufort County. Here is the whole thing:
Your business details, the project name and development permit number, the bond amount the county required, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
The only extra step is a one-time consent to a soft credit pull, which never affects your score. Most of these clear quickly; larger amounts may get a fast underwriter review.
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with Beaufort County Community Development against your development permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time, $275 minimum. Enter the figure on your Beaufort County permit and the premium updates.
Beaufort County administers land development through its Community Development Code, which sets landscaping, buffer, and screening standards for new development. When your approved plan requires landscaping, the county conditions the permit on a survival bond — financial security that the required plantings are installed and survive their establishment period.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier standing behind you, and Beaufort County (the obligee). If the required landscaping is not installed, or fails to survive and you do not replace it, the county can recover against the bond to make the work right.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Developers and contractors who install the plan as approved and replace anything that does not take treat the bond as a permit formality, not a risk. We issue the amount the county set, at a flat 3%, with one soft credit pull.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including the project name, the development permit number, and a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and the bond is typically issued the same day.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
Flat 3%, $275 minimum, five-minute application, soft pull only, bond usually issued same day. Free until issued.