Santa Fe Street Cut Contractor License Bond
What it is & who requires it
Contractors cutting into a Santa Fe street. The city runs street-cut work as its own licensed activity: you apply to the Public Works director, and the approved application is itself the license. Four things go with the application — the signed form, a certificate of insurance from a carrier acceptable to the city, this bond, and a written certification that you have read and understood the street-cut section. Accepting the license also commits you to the section’s performance terms, including completing a specific item within three business days of written notice from the city.
Obligee: City of Santa Fe (Director of Public Works). Citation: Santa Fe City Code (SFCC 1987) § 23-2.5(C) (Information required in license — payment and performance surety bond), Ord. #1988-2 § 6; § 23-2.4 (application constitutes license), Ord. #1988-2 § 5; § 23-2.6 (acceptance of license constitutes acceptance of terms); § 23-2.7 (insurance).
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: The license runs for as long as the bond and the insurance stay in force — the code says so in as many words, and no street cut permit issues while either has lapsed.
Renewal: There is no renewal cycle and no license fee. The city reviews the bond and the insurance periodically instead, and the license simply remains valid while both are effective.
Filing
Filed with the City of Santa Fe as part of the street cut license application, from a bonding company licensed in New Mexico and acceptable to the city. The code names the instrument and the sum together and offers nothing in their place — a sweep of the entire streets, sidewalks and public places chapter turns up no cash, escrow or letter-of-credit alternative anywhere, which is why the figure is publishable. What it secures is unusually broad for a municipal bond: completion of all phases of the work, payment of costs city agencies incur if they have to finish work you failed or refused to complete in time, and completion of any corrective work the section requires. One practical consequence of how Santa Fe drafted this: because the license lives or dies with the bond, a lapse does not merely expose you to a claim, it stops the city issuing you any further street cut permits. Authority: Santa Fe City Code § 23-2.5.
Source
Verified against the obligee source (last checked 2026-08-31).
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Frequently asked questions
- Who requires the Santa Fe Street Cut Contractor License Bond?
- It’s required by City of Santa Fe (Director of Public Works) (Santa Fe City Code (SFCC 1987) § 23-2.5(C) (Information required in license — payment and performance surety bond), Ord. #1988-2 § 6; § 23-2.4 (application constitutes license), Ord. #1988-2 § 5; § 23-2.6 (acceptance of license constitutes acceptance of terms); § 23-2.7 (insurance)). Contractors cutting into a Santa Fe street. The city runs street-cut work as its own licensed activity: you apply to the Public Works director, and the approved application is itself the license. Four things go with the application — the signed form, a certificate of insurance from a carrier acceptable to the city, this bond, and a written certification that you have read and understood the street-cut section. Accepting the license also commits you to the section’s performance terms, including completing a specific item within three business days of written notice from the city.
- How much is the Santa Fe Street Cut Contractor License Bond?
- The bond amount is $10,000.
- How do I get the Santa Fe Street Cut Contractor License 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?
- The license runs for as long as the bond and the insurance stay in force — the code says so in as many words, and no street cut permit issues while either has lapsed. Renewal: There is no renewal cycle and no license fee. The city reviews the bond and the insurance periodically instead, and the license simply remains valid while both are effective.
- 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 2026-08-31); the source link is on this page.
