Minneapolis Right-of-Way Construction Security Bond
What it is & who requires it
Anyone who excavates, disturbs or obstructs a Minneapolis right of way, or who occupies one with equipment or a facility — utilities, telecommunications builders, and the excavating, boring, paving and utility contractors who do the work for them. Registration with the city engineer comes first and is separate from the permit: the registrant supplies contact details, a local representative available at all times, an emergency contact, a Gopher State One-Call registration certificate number and a certificate of insurance or self-insurance. The security is what backs the permit. Read the definition rather than the word, because the ordinance offers six forms and only two of them are surety bonds — the others are a cash deposit, a statutory deposit in lieu of bond, a letter of credit, or self-insurance the engineer accepts. The choice is the engineer’s rather than yours, which is the difference between this city and St. Paul, where the identical six-form menu is expressly at the permittee’s option. A separate provision for other public works permits leaves it to the director of public works to decide whether a bond is required at all and, if so, how much.
Obligee: City of Minneapolis (Office of the City Engineer, Public Works). Citation: Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 429.20 (Definitions — construction security means any of the following forms of security provided at the city engineer’s option: individual project bond; cash deposit; security of a form listed or approved under Minn. Stat. § 15.73, subd. 3; letter of credit in a form acceptable to the city; self-insurance in a form acceptable to the engineer; a blanket bond for projects within the city); § 429.50 (Registration and right-of-way occupancy); § 429.70 (Registration information, including a certificate of insurance or self-insurance and a Gopher State One-Call registration certificate number); § 429.80 (Reporting obligations — construction and major maintenance plan filed by December 1 each year); § 429.150 (Indemnification and liability); Title 17, ch. 429 (Right-of-Way Administration), added by 96-Or-126, § 1, 11-22-96, replacing the former chapter repealed by 96-Or-125; § 440.20 (Permit applications — the director of public works considers whether a bond should be required and if so how much); Minn. Stat. § 15.73, subd. 3 (deposits in lieu of bond).
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: Set by the city engineer with the permit — either for an individual project or as a blanket arrangement covering the registrant’s projects within the city — and held against restoration and the city’s management costs rather than against a license period.
Renewal: Registration with the city engineer is the recurring obligation rather than the security itself: a registrant files a construction and major maintenance plan by the first of December each year, listing next-year projects and, so far as known, projects contemplated for the four years after that.
Filing
Arranged with the city engineer alongside registration and the right-of-way permit. No figure renders and none can be derived: the ordinance names no sum anywhere, the form of security is one of six at the engineer’s option, and three of the six involve no surety at all. That is the outcome test in its clearest municipal form. What the security answers for is restoration and the city’s management costs — the ordinance defines those costs at length and they include registering applicants, processing and verifying permit applications, maintaining the mapping system, inspecting job sites and restoration projects, protecting or moving user equipment during city work, determining the adequacy of restoration, and restoring work inadequately performed after notice and an opportunity to correct. Accepting a permit also carries a defense and indemnity obligation to the city for injury and property damage claims arising from the registrant’s work, including work by its independent contractors, so the indemnity and the security should be read together when pricing an account.
Source
This bond requirement is corroborated by multiple public sources; City of Minneapolis (Office of the City Engineer, Public Works) sets the exact amount, which we confirm when you start your bond.
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Frequently asked questions
- Who requires the Minneapolis Right-of-Way Construction Security Bond?
- It’s required by City of Minneapolis (Office of the City Engineer, Public Works) (Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 429.20 (Definitions — construction security means any of the following forms of security provided at the city engineer’s option: individual project bond; cash deposit; security of a form listed or approved under Minn. Stat. § 15.73, subd. 3; letter of credit in a form acceptable to the city; self-insurance in a form acceptable to the engineer; a blanket bond for projects within the city); § 429.50 (Registration and right-of-way occupancy); § 429.70 (Registration information, including a certificate of insurance or self-insurance and a Gopher State One-Call registration certificate number); § 429.80 (Reporting obligations — construction and major maintenance plan filed by December 1 each year); § 429.150 (Indemnification and liability); Title 17, ch. 429 (Right-of-Way Administration), added by 96-Or-126, § 1, 11-22-96, replacing the former chapter repealed by 96-Or-125; § 440.20 (Permit applications — the director of public works considers whether a bond should be required and if so how much); Minn. Stat. § 15.73, subd. 3 (deposits in lieu of bond)). Anyone who excavates, disturbs or obstructs a Minneapolis right of way, or who occupies one with equipment or a facility — utilities, telecommunications builders, and the excavating, boring, paving and utility contractors who do the work for them. Registration with the city engineer comes first and is separate from the permit: the registrant supplies contact details, a local representative available at all times, an emergency contact, a Gopher State One-Call registration certificate number and a certificate of insurance or self-insurance. The security is what backs the permit. Read the definition rather than the word, because the ordinance offers six forms and only two of them are surety bonds — the others are a cash deposit, a statutory deposit in lieu of bond, a letter of credit, or self-insurance the engineer accepts. The choice is the engineer’s rather than yours, which is the difference between this city and St. Paul, where the identical six-form menu is expressly at the permittee’s option. A separate provision for other public works permits leaves it to the director of public works to decide whether a bond is required at all and, if so, how much.
- How much is the Minneapolis Right-of-Way Construction Security 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 Minneapolis Right-of-Way Construction Security 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?
- Set by the city engineer with the permit — either for an individual project or as a blanket arrangement covering the registrant’s projects within the city — and held against restoration and the city’s management costs rather than against a license period. Renewal: Registration with the city engineer is the recurring obligation rather than the security itself: a registrant files a construction and major maintenance plan by the first of December each year, listing next-year projects and, so far as known, projects contemplated for the four years after that.
- 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.
