Kenosha street opening bonds.
$275. Five minutes.
The City of Kenosha requires a $3,000 bond before you open a street or city pavement. The math is $90 (3% of $3,000), so the $275 minimum applies. The application is five minutes, and street-opening bonds like this are the fastest thing we issue.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Street-opening bonds are about the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
Street-opening bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with your permit
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with Kenosha Public Works alongside your street-opening permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$3,000 bond × 3% = $90, which is below our $275 minimum, so you pay $275 per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
The City of Kenosha controls work in its public streets. Before you cut into the pavement to lay a service line, set a connection, or make a repair, Kenosha conditions the street-opening permit on a $3,000 surety bond.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Kenosha (the obligee). If you fail to restore the pavement to the city's spec, damage city infrastructure, or leave the opening a hazard, the city can recover its repair cost against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays the city, you repay the surety. Contractors who patch their cuts to spec and close out permits treat the bond as a permit formality, not a risk.
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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 Kenosha permit today.
$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.