SC SCDOT right of way bonds.
Flat 3%. Enter your amount.
Before the South Carolina Department of Transportation issues an encroachment permit for work that affects the state right of way, it can require a performance bond guaranteeing you restore the roadway to SCDOT standards. The amount is set by SCDOT — enter it and we issue at a flat 3% with no credit check.
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Apply to filed in one sitting.
No underwriting queue for the standard right of way bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the SCDOT permit office. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount on your permit, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
Issued on the spot
No credit check and no waiting — the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay. Larger amounts may get a quick review.
File with the SCDOT permit office
Submit the executed bond with your encroachment permit application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the permit office insists on them.
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Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time, $275 minimum. Enter the figure on your SCDOT permit and the premium updates.
What it is and who needs it.
What the right of way bond actually covers
When a contractor, utility, or developer needs to encroach on a state road or the SCDOT right of way — cutting pavement, running a utility line, building a driveway connection, installing drainage — SCDOT issues an encroachment permit and can require a performance bond as a condition of that permit.
The bond guarantees you complete the permitted work and restore the right of way to SCDOT standards — pavement, signage, utilities, and drainage put back the way the Department requires. The amount is commonly set at 1.5 times the estimated cost of construction, with a $5,000 minimum, though SCDOT sets the figure on your permit.
If the permittee fails to finish or restore the right of way, SCDOT can recover its repair costs against the bond — and if the surety pays, you repay the surety. We issue the amount SCDOT named, at a flat 3% with no credit check.
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Five minutes, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with the bond amount SCDOT set — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file with your encroachment permit.
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Right of way bond, issued today.
Five-minute application, flat 3%, $275 minimum. Enter the amount SCDOT required and file the same day.