Mankato Right-of-Way Permit Bond
What it is & who requires it
Anyone excavating, obstructing or installing facilities in a Mankato right-of-way, and the utility and excavating contractors who do that work. The first thing to check is whether you need it at all: the requirement is written for companies NOT operating under a franchise with the city, so a franchised utility is outside it. The second is that the security is a choice of three instruments and only one of them is a bond — the applicant may instead post a letter of credit or a cash deposit, and the city engineer or city manager fixes the amount. Read that as a warning about carrier lists for this city: four separate right-of-way lines at the same figure circulate for Mankato, and the code has one security provision covering the whole article. What looks like four products is one paper, and buying four of them would be buying the same obligation four times.
Obligee: City of Mankato (Office of the City Engineer). Citation: Mankato Code of Ordinances § 14-47 (Permit required; bond; exceptions — Security: for companies not operating under a franchise with the city, a surety bond, letter of credit or cash deposit in the amount determined by the city engineer or city manager, but not less than the floor the section states, shall be required from each applicant; a surety bond shall be from a corporate surety authorized to do business in the state); Title Chapter 14, Article II (Right-of-Way Management), Division 1; Minn. Stat. §§ 237.162 and 237.163 (right-of-way management; the statutory frame the League of Minnesota Cities model ordinance implements).
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.
Request a bond quote
Tell us about the bond and the project. A licensed producer follows up — these bonds are individually underwritten, so they are not issued instantly.
Term & renewal
Term: Held as the security behind the right-of-way permit and conditioned on restoration and on the permittee’s obligations under the right-of-way management article.
Renewal: Held on file against the applicant’s right-of-way work rather than bought per excavation; a company operating under a city franchise is exempt from the security requirement altogether.
Filing
Filed with the city engineer with the permit application. No figure renders and three independent features of the provision each prevent it. The letter of credit and the cash deposit are codified routes to the same permit that involve buying no bond, which is the outcome test in its plainest form. The amount is expressly the engineer’s or the manager’s to determine. And the number in the text is a minimum rather than a penal sum. This is the League of Minnesota Cities model right-of-way ordinance, and the same language appears verbatim in Edina, so a quote for one city transfers to the other — as does the reason the figure does not print.
Source
This bond requirement is corroborated by multiple public sources; City of Mankato (Office of the City Engineer) sets the exact amount, which we confirm when you start your bond.
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Frequently asked questions
- Who requires the Mankato Right-of-Way Permit Bond?
- It’s required by City of Mankato (Office of the City Engineer) (Mankato Code of Ordinances § 14-47 (Permit required; bond; exceptions — Security: for companies not operating under a franchise with the city, a surety bond, letter of credit or cash deposit in the amount determined by the city engineer or city manager, but not less than the floor the section states, shall be required from each applicant; a surety bond shall be from a corporate surety authorized to do business in the state); Title Chapter 14, Article II (Right-of-Way Management), Division 1; Minn. Stat. §§ 237.162 and 237.163 (right-of-way management; the statutory frame the League of Minnesota Cities model ordinance implements)). Anyone excavating, obstructing or installing facilities in a Mankato right-of-way, and the utility and excavating contractors who do that work. The first thing to check is whether you need it at all: the requirement is written for companies NOT operating under a franchise with the city, so a franchised utility is outside it. The second is that the security is a choice of three instruments and only one of them is a bond — the applicant may instead post a letter of credit or a cash deposit, and the city engineer or city manager fixes the amount. Read that as a warning about carrier lists for this city: four separate right-of-way lines at the same figure circulate for Mankato, and the code has one security provision covering the whole article. What looks like four products is one paper, and buying four of them would be buying the same obligation four times.
- How much is the Mankato Right-of-Way 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 Mankato Right-of-Way 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?
- Held as the security behind the right-of-way permit and conditioned on restoration and on the permittee’s obligations under the right-of-way management article. Renewal: Held on file against the applicant’s right-of-way work rather than bought per excavation; a company operating under a city franchise is exempt from the security requirement altogether.
- 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.
