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City of Houston work-in-a-street bond.
From $100.
The City of Houston requires a bond for a permit to work in a public street — a street cut, bore, excavation, or utility tie-in. The city sets the amount on your permit; the premium is 1% of the bond amount, with a $100 minimum. Your exact price appears at the application, and no credit check up to $100,000 beyond what most applicants need.
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Three steps. One sitting.
No underwriting queue for a standard street-work bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with Houston Public Works. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount the city required, and the effective date — that is the application.
Issued on the spot
No credit check up to $100,000.
File with Houston Public Works
Submit the executed bond to the City of Houston to satisfy your street-work permit. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the city insists on them.
What it is and who needs it.
What the work-in-a-street bond actually covers
When you cut, bore, excavate, or otherwise work in a City of Houston public street or right of way, the city wants assurance that the street is restored to its standards afterward. The permit for work in a street is conditioned on a bond, and that bond is the assurance.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Houston (the obligee). If you damage the street or fail to restore it to city standards, the city can recover the cost of repair against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Contractors who restore the street properly treat the bond as a permit formality.
You need this bond if you are
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 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose.
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 Houston Public Works. Submit the executed bond to the City of Houston to satisfy your street-work permit. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the city insists on them.
What sets the price
The premium is 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
No credit check up to $100,000. Above that, the carrier may run a soft pull, which never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with the bond amount the City of Houston set — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file.
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Houston street-work bond, issued today.
From $100. Enter the amount the city required and file the same day.