Duluth Local Improvement Permit Bond

What it is & who requires it

Private parties and their contractors building a local improvement in a Duluth highway or public ground — the arrangement where a developer or an abutting owner constructs the street, sidewalk, sewer or similar public work at its own expense and then hands it to the city. This line is on neither carrier list consulted for the state and it is a genuinely separate instrument from the street obstruction and excavation bond in the same chapter: different article, different division, different permit, different condition. A contractor doing both kinds of work in Duluth files two bonds. Read the conditions of the permit before pricing, because they are unusual: the applicant agrees to complete within the time stated in its own application, to bear the whole cost without expense of any kind to the city, and on the city engineer’s acceptance to assign, set over and transfer the improvement to the city in trust for the public. The bond guarantees that bargain, including any sewer connections installed under the permit.

Obligee: City of Duluth (Office of the City Engineer, Engineering Division). Citation: Duluth Legislative Code § 45-87 (Surety bond and insurance required — no person to whom a permit has been issued under this Division shall occupy any highway or public ground where such local improvement is to be made unless such person has first filed with the city engineer a corporate surety bond of an insurance company duly authorized by the laws of the state to transact business as a surety, in the sum of at least the amount the section states); § 45-84 (Permit—authority of city engineer); § 45-85 (Same—Application: nature of the improvement, estimated cost, start and completion times); § 45-86 (Same—Conditions: the applicant makes the improvement at its own sole expense and, on completion and acceptance, assigns and transfers it to the city in trust for the use and benefit of the public); § 45-88 (Improvements to comply with specifications); § 45-89 (Approval and acceptance); Title Chapter 45, Article VII, Division 2 (Improvements by private parties); Ord. No. 7055, 8-27-1956.

Bond amount

Set by the obligee — the exact amount is confirmed automatically when you start your bond in our portal, or call 317-942-0549.

How to get it

This bond is individually underwritten, so it is not issued instantly. Request a quote and a licensed producer follows up to walk you through it.

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Term & renewal

Term: Filed with the city engineer before the permittee may occupy the highway or public ground, and held against the improvement until the city engineer approves and accepts it.

Renewal: Per improvement rather than annual — this is a project instrument, filed with the permit for the local improvement described in the application.

Filing

Filed with the city engineer, and neither the bond nor the certificate of insurance is received or filed until the city attorney approves it in writing as to form, correctness and validity. Corporate surety authorized in Minnesota. Comprehensive general liability insurance runs alongside, including completed operations, products liability, explosion, collapse and underground property liability, at limits stated in the same section, with the city named as an additional insured. No figure renders because the ordinance states a minimum and no city form for this permit prints a sum; the driveway and excavation bond form the city publishes is drawn to the obstruction and excavation article, not to this division. The condition is wider than performance: the applicant guarantees to indemnify and save the city harmless from all claims, demands, damages or causes of action of any kind arising out of the work or the thing the permit authorizes, and warrants compliance with every material representation in the application.

Source

This bond requirement is corroborated by multiple public sources; City of Duluth (Office of the City Engineer, Engineering Division) sets the exact amount, which we confirm when you start your bond.

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Frequently asked questions

Who requires the Duluth Local Improvement Permit Bond?

It’s required by City of Duluth (Office of the City Engineer, Engineering Division) (Duluth Legislative Code § 45-87 (Surety bond and insurance required — no person to whom a permit has been issued under this Division shall occupy any highway or public ground where such local improvement is to be made unless such person has first filed with the city engineer a corporate surety bond of an insurance company duly authorized by the laws of the state to transact business as a surety, in the sum of at least the amount the section states); § 45-84 (Permit—authority of city engineer); § 45-85 (Same—Application: nature of the improvement, estimated cost, start and completion times); § 45-86 (Same—Conditions: the applicant makes the improvement at its own sole expense and, on completion and acceptance, assigns and transfers it to the city in trust for the use and benefit of the public); § 45-88 (Improvements to comply with specifications); § 45-89 (Approval and acceptance); Title Chapter 45, Article VII, Division 2 (Improvements by private parties); Ord. No. 7055, 8-27-1956). Private parties and their contractors building a local improvement in a Duluth highway or public ground — the arrangement where a developer or an abutting owner constructs the street, sidewalk, sewer or similar public work at its own expense and then hands it to the city. This line is on neither carrier list consulted for the state and it is a genuinely separate instrument from the street obstruction and excavation bond in the same chapter: different article, different division, different permit, different condition. A contractor doing both kinds of work in Duluth files two bonds. Read the conditions of the permit before pricing, because they are unusual: the applicant agrees to complete within the time stated in its own application, to bear the whole cost without expense of any kind to the city, and on the city engineer’s acceptance to assign, set over and transfer the improvement to the city in trust for the public. The bond guarantees that bargain, including any sewer connections installed under the permit.

How much is the Duluth Local Improvement Permit Bond?

Set by the obligee — the exact amount is confirmed automatically when you start your bond in our portal, or call 317-942-0549.

How do I get the Duluth Local Improvement Permit Bond?

This bond is individually underwritten, so it is not issued instantly. Request a quote and a licensed producer follows up to walk you through it.

What is the term?

Filed with the city engineer before the permittee may occupy the highway or public ground, and held against the improvement until the city engineer approves and accepts it. Renewal: Per improvement rather than annual — this is a project instrument, filed with the permit for the local improvement described in the application.

Is this bond insurance for me?

No. It protects the obligee and the public — not you. If a valid claim is paid, you repay the surety.

How is this requirement verified?

This bond requirement is corroborated by multiple public sources. The obligee sets the exact amount, which we confirm automatically when you start your bond in the portal or with a producer.