TN running occupancy right-of-way bonds.
Flat 3%. Enter your amount.
A utility owner can post a running surety bond with TDOT to cover all of its approved use-and-occupancy work in the state highway right of way for a region — instead of bonding each permit separately. The Regional Utilities Engineer sets the amount; we issue it at a flat 3% with no credit check.
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No underwriting queue for the standard running right-of-way bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with TDOT. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount TDOT set, 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 TDOT
Submit the executed running surety bond with your use-and-occupancy application to the TDOT Regional Utilities Engineer. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever TDOT insists.
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Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time, $275 minimum. Enter the figure the Regional Utilities Engineer set and the premium updates.
What it is and who needs it.
What the running right-of-way bond actually guarantees
When a utility owner places facilities — lines, pipes, conduit — within the state highway right of way, TDOT requires a use-and-occupancy agreement and a surety bond guaranteeing the work. The bond guarantees the principal’s improvements are built and maintained at the location and in the manner shown on the approved plans, and that the terms and conditions of the agreement are performed.
Rather than bond each permit, a developer or utility can post a running surety bond (TDOT Form U-4) in an amount the Regional Utilities Engineer establishes to cover all of its approved use-and-occupancy agreements for a particular geographic area. It runs to the Tennessee Department of Transportation as obligee.
If the work damages the right of way or the agreement’s terms aren’t met, TDOT can recover against the bond — and if the surety pays, the principal repays the surety. It is not insurance for you. We issue the amount the Regional Utilities Engineer set, 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 TDOT set — the executed running surety bond is generated instantly, ready to file.
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Running right-of-way bond, issued today.
Five-minute application, flat 3%, $275 minimum. Enter the amount TDOT set and file the same day.