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Dallas water/wastewater bonds.
$100 flat.
The City of Dallas requires a $5,000 bond from contractors who install commercial water and wastewater service. Ours is $100 flat — the price you see is the checkout price. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit check.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Installer bonds are about the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Installer bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the City of Dallas
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the City of Dallas to install commercial water / wastewater service. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
The City of Dallas regulates who connects to its commercial water and wastewater system, and conditions an installer's authorization on a $5,000 surety bond. It is a workmanship-and-restoration guarantee: that you install service taps to city standards and restore the right-of-way you disturb.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Dallas (the obligee). If a tap is installed improperly, public infrastructure is damaged, or the right-of-way is left unrestored, the city can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays the city, you repay the surety. Installers who tap to spec and restore the right-of-way treat the bond as a routine authorization formality.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
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.
Renewal and term
The bond runs to January 1 whatever day you buy; the premium covers the period to that date.
Renewal falls on the statutory date, January 1, in the year your term ends.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
File with the City of Dallas. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the City of Dallas to install commercial water / wastewater service. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
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.
One application, issued instantly.
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$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.