Greenville County right-of-way bonds.
$100. Five minutes.
Greenville County requires a $5,000 bond before it issues a right-of-way encroachment or work permit to build, cut, or place anything within a county right-of-way. Ours is $100 flat — the price you see is the checkout price. This bond returns by mail, so apply early.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Permit bonds like this are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details, the mailing address for the original, and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit section.
Pay & e-sign
We e-deliver a copy the same day. Because Greenville County takes a wet-ink original, the executed bond is mailed — so apply early.
File with Greenville County
The wet-ink original arrives by mail, ready to file with your right-of-way encroachment / work permit application.
What it is and who needs it.
What the right-of-way bond covers
Greenville County requires a permit before anyone encroaches on, cuts, bores, or places work within a county right-of-way — and conditions that permit on a $5,000 surety bond. The bond runs to the County as obligee and guarantees you restore the right-of-way to County standards after the work.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety, and Greenville County (the obligee). If you leave an encroachment unrestored or the work fails and the County has to repair it, the County can recover its cost against the bond up to $5,000.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Because the County takes a wet-ink original, the executed bond is mailed; we e-deliver a copy the same day. We issue it at a flat $100, and the application collects no credit information.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields, including the mailing address for the original — no credit section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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Greenville County right-of-way bond, mailed today.
$100 flat, five-minute application, copy e-delivered the same day. Free until issued.