Summit County grading permit bonds.
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Before you excavate, regrade or fill private land in unincorporated Summit County, Utah, you need a County Engineer grading permit and a completion bond. The County’s application sets the bond at 120% of the estimated restoration cost. A surety specialist returns your price, usually within one business day.
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How much does a Summit County grading permit bond cost?
It is underwritten: the premium is quoted from the bond amount and your financial picture, so there is no flat price to show.
Built around your grading permit.
Summit County lists the bond among the amounts due on the Grading Permit Application, and the bond stays in place until the Engineer signs off on the finished site. Here is the whole process:
Send us the permit details
Apply online with your business details, the permit number and a description of the grading work, and the completion bond amount from the County’s application. There is no credit section and no SSN field on this application.
A surety specialist prices it
The County sizes the bond from your engineer’s estimate, so the review is about the amount and the scope of work. A specialist confirms your exact premium and sends it back for approval.
Pay, e-sign & file with the County Engineer
Once you accept the quote and pay, the executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with the Summit County Engineer alongside your Grading Permit Application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the Summit County grading bond guarantees
Summit County regulates earthwork on private land through Title 7, Chapter 2 of the Summit County Code. Section 7-2-1(A) makes it unlawful for any person, firm, public utility or corporation to make, enlarge or change an excavation, regrade existing contours, or place fill on private property without a permit. Applications are made by the property owner or their agents to the County Engineer’s office, and each permit is valid for 180 days.
Section 7-2-7 then requires every applicant to file a completion bond with the County Engineer, in the amount set by resolution of the County Council when the permit is approved. The bond stays valid until all the work shown in the permit is finished, guaranteeing that the permit conditions and any restoration work are completed properly, and it is released on the Engineer’s recommendation after an inspection. The County’s FAQ schedules that bond release inspection once 70% of the disturbed area has been revegetated.
The code accepts three forms of security: cash, a letter of credit from an FDIC-insured institution, or a corporate surety bond. A surety bond keeps your cash and credit lines free for the project. It is a three-party arrangement — you (the principal), the surety carrier, and Summit County (the obligee). It is not insurance for you: if you fail to comply, § 7-2-10 lets the County proceed to forfeit the bond, and you repay the surety for anything it pays.
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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 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
Term and renewal are set in the underwriter's quote.
Keep the bond in force for as long as the obligation behind it runs.
How to file it
Pay, e-sign & file with the County Engineer. Once you accept the quote and pay, the executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with the Summit County Engineer alongside your Grading Permit Application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
This bond is underwritten: the premium is quoted from the bond amount and your financial picture, so there is no flat price to show.
One application, one specialist review.
These are the actual issuing fields — your business details, the permit number and description, and the bond amount the County sets. There is no credit section on this bond. Submit once and a surety specialist returns your exact price, typically within one business day. Free until your bond is issued.
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Get the Summit County grading bond off your permit checklist.
Send us the permit details and the bond amount the County sets, and a surety specialist returns your price, typically within one business day. Free until issued.