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The City of El Paso requires a $5,000 paving and excavation bond as a condition of registering to cut, pave, or excavate in the city's streets and public right-of-way. Ours is $100 flat — the price you see is the price you pay, the same for every contractor.
















Municipal right-of-way bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Business details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Registration bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your paving / excavation registration. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
A paving and excavation bond is a right-of-way restoration guarantee the City of El Paso holds while you cut, pave, or excavate in its streets. It stands behind your obligation to restore pavement and the public way to City standards after your work and to follow El Paso's excavation permit rules.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier standing behind you, and the City of El Paso (the obligee), with the public as the protected party. If you leave a street cut unrestored or damage public infrastructure, the City can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Contractors who backfill, repave, and pass inspection treat the bond as a registration formality, not a risk.
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the $5,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
File with the City of El Paso. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your paving / excavation registration. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $5,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
No credit check.
These are the actual issuing fields. No credit check.
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$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.