Waite Park License and Permit Bond
What it is & who requires it
Contractors excavating in the Waite Park right of way. This is the line a carrier list for the city carries with no trade attached to it, and the trade is right-of-way excavation: the schedule places it under a heading covering right-of-way excavation permits and licenses, keyed to the ordinance section that governs them. Two neighboring items in the same schedule are worth pricing into a job here rather than discovering later. There is a permit extension fee if the work runs past its window, and there is a delay penalty charged per day — at one rate for minor and local streets and a materially higher rate for collector streets — so a stalled cut on a collector is expensive in a way a bond does not cover.
Obligee: City of Waite Park (Office of the City Engineer). Citation: City of Waite Park, Appendix B — Waite Park Schedule of Fee Charges, adopted 17 February 2026, under the heading RIGHT-OF-WAY EXCAVATION PERMITS, LICENSES: ordinance § 33.3, License and Permit Bond, $10,000.00; the same schedule sets § 33.4.2 Permit Extension Fee and § 33.4.3 Delay Penalty at a daily rate for minor and local streets and a higher daily rate for collector streets; Waite Park City Code ch. 33 (Right-of-Way Excavation Permits, Licenses).
Bond amount
The required bond amount is $10,000.
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 license and permit bond behind the city’s right-of-way excavation permits and licenses.
Renewal: Runs with the license; the fee schedule that carries the amount is re-adopted by the council, most recently in February 2026.
Filing
Filed with the city. The figure renders because the city’s own currently-adopted fee schedule states a flat sum for the bond as a distinct line item, under the ordinance section that requires it, rather than a range or a minimum. ⚠ One limitation is recorded rather than smoothed over: Waite Park publishes no searchable code online, so the ordinance text behind § 33.3 could not be read directly and the amount rests on the adopted schedule alone. That is the city’s own operative document and it is current, but a contractor should ask the engineer to confirm the section’s wording — in particular whether the right-of-way chapter also carries a separate construction performance security of the kind most Minnesota cities took from the League model, which would be a different instrument at a different amount.
Source
Verified against the obligee source (last checked 2026-09-07).
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Frequently asked questions
- Who requires the Waite Park License and Permit Bond?
- It’s required by City of Waite Park (Office of the City Engineer) (City of Waite Park, Appendix B — Waite Park Schedule of Fee Charges, adopted 17 February 2026, under the heading RIGHT-OF-WAY EXCAVATION PERMITS, LICENSES: ordinance § 33.3, License and Permit Bond, $10,000.00; the same schedule sets § 33.4.2 Permit Extension Fee and § 33.4.3 Delay Penalty at a daily rate for minor and local streets and a higher daily rate for collector streets; Waite Park City Code ch. 33 (Right-of-Way Excavation Permits, Licenses)). Contractors excavating in the Waite Park right of way. This is the line a carrier list for the city carries with no trade attached to it, and the trade is right-of-way excavation: the schedule places it under a heading covering right-of-way excavation permits and licenses, keyed to the ordinance section that governs them. Two neighboring items in the same schedule are worth pricing into a job here rather than discovering later. There is a permit extension fee if the work runs past its window, and there is a delay penalty charged per day — at one rate for minor and local streets and a materially higher rate for collector streets — so a stalled cut on a collector is expensive in a way a bond does not cover.
- How much is the Waite Park License and Permit Bond?
- The bond amount is $10,000.
- How do I get the Waite Park License and 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 license and permit bond behind the city’s right-of-way excavation permits and licenses. Renewal: Runs with the license; the fee schedule that carries the amount is re-adopted by the council, most recently in February 2026.
- 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?
- We verify it against the obligee’s primary source (last checked 2026-09-07); the source link is on this page.
