The City of Goodlettsville requires a $10,000 surety bond for a right-of-way or excavation permit — the City's Public Works department wants a guarantee you'll restore the street, sidewalk, or right-of-way you disturb. Ours is $300 flat, exactly 3% of the $10,000 penal sum.
















Right-of-way bonds are simple. Here's the entire process:
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section.
ROW bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your City of Goodlettsville right-of-way permit application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
$10,000 bond × 3% = $300, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
A City of Goodlettsville right-of-way bond is a restoration guarantee. When you cut, bore, or excavate within a City street, sidewalk, or right-of-way, the City wants a $10,000 backstop that you'll repair it to the City's standard and won't leave a hazard or a failing patch behind.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Goodlettsville (the obligee). If you fail to restore the right-of-way or your work causes damage the City has to repair, the City can recover its costs against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays the City, you repay the surety. Contractors who close out their permits and restore the surface cleanly treat the bond as a permit formality, not a risk.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.