Before the City of Alpine issues a permit to excavate or cut into its right-of-way, it requires a $5,000 surety bond. A flat 3% of $5,000 is $150 — below our $275 minimum — so the price is $275 flat, and the application takes about five minutes.
















Permit bonds for a small city like Alpine are about as simple as surety gets. Here's the process:
Business details and an effective date. That is the application — no financials, no credit check section.
Small fixed-amount municipal bonds like this issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with Alpine's excavation permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
$5,000 bond × 3% = $150, which is under our $275 minimum, so the price is $275 per term.
An Alpine excavation permit bond is a restoration guarantee. When you open City of Alpine pavement and backfill a cut, the city wants assurance you will restore the street and surface to its standards and not leave a failing patch behind.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Alpine (the obligee). If your excavation or restoration fails to meet permit conditions, the city can recover the cost of repair against the bond up to $5,000.
The bond stays on file as a condition of your permit. We track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out so your $5,000 filing — and your right to pull excavation permits in the city — stays continuous.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.