The City of El Paso requires a $50,000 paving, excavation, and monitoring well bond for contractors doing larger right-of-way and monitoring-well work in the city. Ours is $500 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's the application — no financials, no credit section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Registration bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your right-of-way registration. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
This paving, excavation, and monitoring well bond is a right-of-way and environmental restoration guarantee the City of El Paso holds for larger or specialized work — including installing and abandoning groundwater monitoring wells in the public way. It stands behind your obligation to restore pavement and the right-of-way to City standards and to follow El Paso's excavation and well 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 cut unrestored, damage public infrastructure, or fail to properly abandon a well, the City can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The $50,000 amount reflects the larger scope of this work; contractors who restore and pass inspection treat the bond as a registration formality.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because the application collects no credit information for this bond.
Start the application →$500 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.