The City of Kerrville requires a $5,000 bond for a permit to cut, bore, or work in a city street or highway. Ours is $100 flat — the price our carrier sets for this specific bond, not a percentage formula. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit review of any kind, not even a soft pull.
















City permit bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Business details and an effective date. That is the application — no financials and no credit section.
Small fixed-amount permit bonds like this issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the City of Kerrville Public Works permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
When you cut, bore, or work in a City of Kerrville street or highway — for a utility line, a driveway approach, a tie-in — the city wants assurance that the roadway is restored to its standards afterward. The street or highway permit is conditioned on a $5,000 bond, and that bond is the assurance.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Kerrville (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 roadway properly treat the bond as a permit formality.
These are the actual issuing fields — the application collects no credit information.
Start the application →$100 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.