City of Bountiful excavation bonds.
From $100.
Before you cut, trench, or excavate in a Bountiful city street or right-of-way, the Bountiful City Engineering Department requires an excavation permit backed by a surety bond. Pricing is 1% of your bond amount, with a $100 minimum — your exact price appears at the application. No credit check up to $100,000.
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How much does a City of Bountiful excavation bond cost?
1% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
No underwriting queue for the standard excavation permit bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the city. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount the city required, and the effective date — that is the application. No credit check up to $100,000.
Issued on the spot
Most applications approve instantly and the executed bond generates as soon as you pay. No credit check up to $100,000.
File with Bountiful Engineering
Submit the executed bond with your excavation permit application to the Bountiful City Engineering Department. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the office insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the Bountiful excavation bond covers
The City of Bountiful requires an excavation permit before anyone cuts, trenches, or digs in a city street or public right-of-way. The permit is administered by the Bountiful City Engineering Department / Public Works, and the city conditions it on a surety bond standing behind the work.
The bond guarantees you will perform the excavation to the city’s standards and restore the street, curb, gutter, and right-of-way to their prior condition when you finish. If you leave a defective patch or fail to restore the surface, the city can recover against the bond to make the repairs.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Bountiful (the obligee). If the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety — so contractors who restore their cuts cleanly treat the bond as a permit formality. We price the amount the city set starting at $100; no credit check up to $100,000.
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 Bountiful Engineering. Submit the executed bond with your excavation permit application to the Bountiful City Engineering Department. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the office insists.
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 Bountiful set — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file with your permit.
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Bountiful excavation bond, issued today.
Pricing from $100. Enter the amount the city required and file the same day.