The City of Oshkosh requires a $5,000 annual bond to obstruct the public right-of-way — dumpsters, scaffolding, staging, or materials in a street or sidewalk. Ours is $275, our minimum, and the application takes about five minutes.
















Annual obstruction bonds are about the simplest thing in surety. Here's the whole process:
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials and no credit check section on this bond.
Small fixed-amount permit bonds like this issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the City of Oshkosh for your annual obstruction permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
3% of $5,000 is $150, below our $275 minimum — so the price is $275, one-time per term. Multi-year if you want it.
A right-of-way obstruction bond is a restoration and safety guarantee. When you place a dumpster, scaffold, staging, or materials in a City of Oshkosh street or sidewalk, the bond promises the City that you'll keep the obstruction safe and restore the right-of-way to its prior condition.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Oshkosh (the obligee). If an obstruction damages the right-of-way or the City must remove or repair it, the City can recover its costs against the bond.
This is an annual bond — one filing covers your obstructions across the year rather than a single placement. We track it and send renewal notices 60 and 30 days out, keeping your $5,000 filing continuous.
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.
$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.