Salt Lake City excavation bonds.
$100 flat.
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 $100 flat — the price is the checkout price, set by our carrier's rate book for this bond. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit check.
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How much does a Salt Lake City excavation bond cost?
$100 at the $10,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
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 credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Fixed-amount municipal bonds like this issue right after purchase for most applicants.
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.
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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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 $10,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
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 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.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $10,000 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. No credit check.
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Finish your Salt Lake City excavation permit today.
$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.