Salt Lake City excavation bonds.
$300. Five minutes.
Before Salt Lake City issues a permit to excavate or cut into the public right-of-way — to lay utilities, repair a service line, or open the pavement — it requires a $10,000 surety bond. Ours is $300 flat, exactly 3% of the bond amount, and the application takes about five minutes.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Excavation permit bonds are among the simplest things in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application — no financials, no credit check section.
Pay & e-sign
Fixed-amount municipal bonds like this issue right after purchase for most applicants. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with Salt Lake City
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with Salt Lake City's excavation permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$10,000 bond × 3% = $300, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
An excavation permit bond is a restoration guarantee. When you open Salt Lake City pavement and backfill a cut, the city wants assurance you will restore the street, base, 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 Salt Lake City (the obligee). If your excavation work or restoration fails to meet permit conditions, the city can recover the cost of fixing it against the bond up to $10,000.
The bond stays on file as a condition of your permit. We track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out, keeping your $10,000 filing continuous so your right to pull excavation permits never lapses over a missed renewal.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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Finish your Salt Lake City excavation permit today.
$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.