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Waco concrete contractor bonds.
$100 flat.
Before the City of Waco will issue a permit for sidewalk, curb, gutter, driveway approach or other concrete work on public property, the contractor must deliver a bond payable to the City under Waco Code Sec. 22-72. The City's own bond form calls for a $5,000 penal sum. Ours is $100 flat for a term.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Waco's Engineering Department issues concrete permits only to bonded concrete contractors, so the bond comes before the right-of-way permit. Here is the whole process:
Apply for the $5,000 bond
The bond amount is already set on the application. Enter your business details and the effective date you want the bond to start. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
The price is $100 flat for a term — the price you see is the checkout price. Pay and the bond issues right after purchase.
File with the City Secretary
Your executed bond and the surety's power of attorney arrive by email. The original goes to the Waco City Secretary's Office with a same-date power of attorney attached; then apply for your right-of-way concrete permit through the Engineering Department.
What it is and who needs it.
What the Waco concrete contractor bond covers
In Waco, concrete poured on private property is handled under a building permit, but anything that touches the public right-of-way — sidewalks, curb and gutter, driveway approaches and other flatwork on city property — is regulated by the Engineering Department. Waco Code Sec. 22-66 says no one may build, rebuild, alter, repair, remove or replace that work "without first obtaining a permit from the city engineer", and the Engineering Department issues concrete permits only to bonded concrete contractors. Sec. 22-72 is the bond itself: no person may do the work without delivering to the City "a bond payable to the city in an amount and with a surety company approved by the city attorney."
The bond is a three-party promise. You are the principal, the surety backs your obligation, and the City of Waco is the obligee. Sec. 22-72 lists the conditions: the work is done in a good and workmanlike manner; it meets the City's concrete specifications and ordinances; the City is indemnified and held harmless for injury or damage the work causes; and you maintain and repair each job for 12 months from completion at no extra cost to the owner. If you do not make a required repair, the City can have the work done and recover the cost, and the ordinance also covers cleanup costs and suits by the City or an injured party. A valid claim is paid up to the $5,000 penal sum. It is not insurance for you — you repay the surety for any claim it pays.
The City's form makes the bond continuous: it stays in force until the surety cancels it by giving 30 days' written notice to the City Secretary, and cancellation applies only to work started after that notice period ends. After a claim is paid, the City can require an additional bond so the total is again equal to the original sum. Keep one thing separate: Waco's Chapter 23 right-of-way management rules impose a different, variable-amount bond and insurance on utility and right-of-way "users". That is not this bond — the $5,000 concrete contractor's bond is the one Engineering asks for before it issues a concrete permit.
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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 term is set on the carrier’s application; the premium covers the period shown there.
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 Secretary. Your executed bond and the surety's power of attorney arrive by email. The original goes to the Waco City Secretary's Office with a same-date power of attorney attached; then apply for your right-of-way concrete permit through the Engineering Department.
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.
These are the actual issuing fields — your business details and the effective date, with the $5,000 bond amount already set. No credit check. $100 flat for a term. Free until your bond is issued.
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