City of Bolivar excavation bonds.
$100 flat.
The City of Bolivar requires a $10,000 excavation permit bond before you open a cut in a city street, sidewalk, or public right-of-way. Ours is $100 flat — set by our carrier's rate book for this bond, the same for every contractor. The application is one short form.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Municipal license bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
Municipal license bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the City of Bolivar
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the City of Bolivar with your excavation or right-of-way permit application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
A city excavation permit bond is a restoration-and-public-safety guarantee. When you cut into a Bolivar street or right-of-way to lay a line or set a service, the city wants a financial backstop that you'll restore the pavement and surface to its original condition and won't leave a hazard behind.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Bolivar (the obligee), with the traveling public as the protected party. If the cut isn't properly backfilled and repaved, or city property is damaged, the city can recover its repair costs against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Contractors who restore their cuts to city specification treat the bond as a permit formality, not a risk.
You need this bond if you're
One application. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →Common questions.
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Pull your Bolivar excavation permit today.
$100 flat, short application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.