Grand Forks Excavation Bond
What it is & who requires it
Anyone making openings or excavations in a street, avenue or alley within the Grand Forks city limits. It is a different instrument from the city’s general contractor license bond and sits in the streets chapter rather than the licensing chapter, so a general contractor who also opens a street carries both. The city’s insurance provisions in the same article exempt federal, state and local governmental agencies and utility companies from the insurance requirement.
Obligee: City of Grand Forks (City Auditor). Citation: Grand Forks City Code § 16-0407 (excavation bond — a bond in a stated minimum sum, with liability and repair conditions); ch. XVI (Streets and Sidewalks); § 16-0406 (insurance requirements and exemptions).
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: The bond answers for the excavation and then for a repair period after it — the ordinance conditions it on the excavator keeping the opening in repair for a stated period following the work.
Renewal: Filed with the city auditor before street openings or excavations; carried while you work in the city right-of-way.
Filing
Filed with the Grand Forks city auditor. The figure is kept off this page because the ordinance writes the amount as a minimum — a bond in the sum of at least the stated amount — which makes the number a floor rather than the answer for a given job or a given contractor. What it secures is stated in two limbs: that the excavator will be liable for loss and damages of every kind and nature by reason of the opening or excavation, and further that the party making the opening will keep it in repair for the period the ordinance sets. Grand Forks also runs a separate maintenance bond on its own sidewalk construction contracts, which is a public-works contract instrument rather than a license or permit bond and is not what this page covers.
Source
This bond requirement is corroborated by multiple public sources; City of Grand Forks (City Auditor) sets the exact amount, which we confirm when you start your bond.
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Frequently asked questions
- Who requires the Grand Forks Excavation Bond?
- It’s required by City of Grand Forks (City Auditor) (Grand Forks City Code § 16-0407 (excavation bond — a bond in a stated minimum sum, with liability and repair conditions); ch. XVI (Streets and Sidewalks); § 16-0406 (insurance requirements and exemptions)). Anyone making openings or excavations in a street, avenue or alley within the Grand Forks city limits. It is a different instrument from the city’s general contractor license bond and sits in the streets chapter rather than the licensing chapter, so a general contractor who also opens a street carries both. The city’s insurance provisions in the same article exempt federal, state and local governmental agencies and utility companies from the insurance requirement.
- How much is the Grand Forks Excavation 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 Grand Forks Excavation 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 bond answers for the excavation and then for a repair period after it — the ordinance conditions it on the excavator keeping the opening in repair for a stated period following the work. Renewal: Filed with the city auditor before street openings or excavations; carried while you work in the city right-of-way.
- 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.
