Before Salt Lake City issues a permit to work in its right-of-way — the public streets, sidewalks, and parkways the city owns — it requires a $15,000 surety bond. Ours is $450 flat, exactly 3% of the bond amount, and the application takes about five minutes.
















Right-of-way permit bonds are among the simplest things in surety. Here's the entire process:
Business details and an effective date. That is the application — no financials, no credit check section.
Fixed-amount municipal bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with Salt Lake City's right-of-way permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
$15,000 bond × 3% = $450, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
A right-of-way permit bond is a restoration and compliance guarantee. When you cut, excavate, or build in Salt Lake City's streets and sidewalks, the city wants assurance you will restore the right-of-way to standard and follow permit conditions.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and Salt Lake City (the obligee). If you damage the right-of-way and fail to repair it, or leave the work out of compliance, the city can recover against the bond up to $15,000.
The bond stays on file as a condition of your permit. We track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out so your $15,000 filing stays continuous and your permit privileges with the city never lapse over a missed renewal.
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.
$450 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.