City of Houston dredging bonds.
$100 flat.
The City of Houston requires a $10,000 bond as a condition of its dredging and excavation permit for work in or near city waterways, bayous, and drainage. Ours is $100 flat — set by our carrier's rate book for this bond, the same for every contractor. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit review of any kind, not even a soft pull.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Permit bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
Permit bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the City of Houston
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to submit with your dredging/excavation permit application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
The City of Houston conditions its dredging and excavation permit on a $10,000 bond. The bond is a public-infrastructure guarantee: it stands behind your obligation to perform dredging or excavation work near city waterways, bayous, and drainage without damaging public property, and to restore anything you disturb.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier standing behind you, and the City of Houston (the obligee). If a contractor damages city drainage or fails to restore the site, the City can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays the City, you repay the surety. Contractors who follow the permit terms and restore the site treat the bond as a permit formality, not a risk.
You need this bond if you're
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because this bond's application doesn't collect credit information.
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Your Houston dredging permit is waiting on one document.
$100 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.