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Roanoke County erosion & sediment control bonds.
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Before Roanoke County issues a permit for land-disturbing activity, County Code § 8.1-27 requires a performance bond backing the erosion and sediment controls on your approved plan. The County sets each bond from the plan’s erosion-control cost estimate, and a surety specialist returns a quote, usually within one business day.
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Development Services will not issue the permit until the security is in hand, and grading cannot start without the permit. Here is the whole process:
Send us the file
Apply online with your company details, the project name and number from your approved plan, and the bond amount Development Services approved from the erosion-control cost estimate. If you do not have the approved figure yet, send the estimate and we will size to it.
A surety specialist underwrites it
A specialist reviews the amount, the scope of the land disturbance, your experience with site work and erosion control, and your finances, then returns a quote. The County fixes the amount — underwriting decides approval and any collateral.
Execute & file with Development Services
Once you bind, we issue the executed bond on the County’s Erosion and Sediment Control Bond Form with the power of attorney attached, ready to file with your signed Erosion and Sediment Control Agreement.
What it is and who needs it.
What the Roanoke County erosion bond guarantees
Chapter 8.1 of the Roanoke County Code is the County’s Erosion and Stormwater Management Program, re-enacted by Ord. No. 092325-3 on September 23, 2025 under the Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Act. It regulates land-disturbing activity of 2,500 square feet or more (§ 8.1-5), and no one may disturb land until the County grants land-disturbance approval (§ 8.1-7(a)). Chapter 8.1 also applies inside the Town of Vinton.
Section 8.1-27 then requires the applicant, before any permit issues, to submit a reasonable performance bond with surety, cash escrow, letter of credit, a combination, or another arrangement acceptable to the County Attorney. The bond guarantees the County can take the measures your permit conditions require — installing or maintaining silt fence, construction entrances, sediment traps and basins — at your expense if you fail to do so after proper notice. If the County’s cost runs past the bond, it can collect the difference from you.
The code sets no amount. In practice the County sizes each bond from the erosion-control cost estimate on the approved plan, priced from its posted Erosion and Sediment Control Unit Cost Table, and the Director of Development Services signs the bond form to approve the amount. The County Attorney’s Office approves the form, and the surety must be authorized to write surety in Virginia. Smaller sites that use an agreement in lieu of a plan under § 8.1-13(c) sign a form that carries no bond term.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety, and the Board of Supervisors of Roanoke County (the obligee). If the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. This bond is separate from the site-development bond the County takes for public improvements and from the stormwater-facility maintenance guaranty; each is posted on its own.
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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
Execute & file with Development Services. Once you bind, we issue the executed bond on the County’s Erosion and Sediment Control Bond Form with the power of attorney attached, ready to file with your signed Erosion and Sediment Control Agreement.
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 underwriting review.
These are the actual underwriting fields — your company details, the project from your approved plan, the bond amount, and a credit consent that authorizes a soft pull only. Submit once and a surety specialist reviews it and returns a quote, typically within one business day. Free until your bond is issued.
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Get bonded and get your land-disturbance permit.
Send us the approved plan and the amount Development Services set, and a surety specialist sizes, underwrites, and quotes the bond — typically within one business day. Free until issued.