The City of Waukesha requires a $5,000 bond from sidewalk layers — contractors who construct, repair, or replace public sidewalks. Ours is $275 flat — 3% of $5,000 is $150, so the $275 minimum applies. The application is five minutes, with no credit check.
















Municipal contractor bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials and no credit check section.
Small fixed-amount municipal bonds like this issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with the City of Waukesha Public Works department for sidewalk-layer registration. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
$5,000 bond × 3% = $150, but our minimum is $275 — so this bond is $275 per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
Waukesha registers sidewalk layers — contractors who build, repair, or replace public sidewalks — and conditions that registration on a $5,000 bond. The bond is a public-protection guarantee that your sidewalk work meets City standards and the right-of-way is restored.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Waukesha (the obligee). If your work is defective or the public way is left damaged, the City can recover repair costs against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays the City, you repay the surety. Contractors who build to spec and clean up treat the bond as a registration formality.
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.