North Dakota Street Opening and Right-of-Way Bond
What it is & who requires it
Contractors excavating, trenching, patching or opening a street, alley or public right-of-way in a North Dakota city. This is the layer North Dakota municipalities bond most consistently — every city reached in this pass that bonds anything bonds this. Most run it as an annual excavator credential rather than a per-job posting: you file once with the city auditor or city engineer, and the bond stands behind the permits you pull that year. Expect the city to want your state contractor license as a prerequisite, insurance naming the city, and in several cities a traffic control plan filed with the permit.
Obligee: The North Dakota city whose right-of-way is being opened. Citation: Municipal excavation, street-opening and right-of-way ordinances; N.D.C.C. ch. 43-07 (the state contractor license, which carries no bond and preempts nothing).
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: Longer than the job, almost everywhere — North Dakota cities commonly keep the bond in force for the license term plus two years, or for two years from final acceptance of the work.
Renewal: Usually annual and filed once to stand behind the year’s permits, rather than posted job by job; several cities expire every excavator license on a fixed date.
Filing
Filed with the city auditor or city engineer, usually before the license or the first permit rather than before each job. The amount is the reason this page carries no figure, and the variation is real rather than a hedge: one city states a flat sum in the ordinance, another states a minimum, another puts the amount in a council resolution, another names a figure and then reserves the right to set a different one by resolution, and another keeps it in a separately published fees-and-guidelines document. Two features recur. The bond usually outlives the work — commonly the license term plus two years, or two years from final acceptance — because what it really secures is the restoration of the surface rather than the digging. And franchised utilities are frequently carved out entirely, so a franchise holder doing its own work in the street may be outside the requirement. Tell us the city and the permit and we confirm both the instrument and the sum against the obligee.
Source
This bond requirement is corroborated by multiple public sources; The North Dakota city whose right-of-way is being opened sets the exact amount, which we confirm when you start your bond.
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Frequently asked questions
- Who requires the North Dakota Street Opening and Right-of-Way Bond?
- It’s required by The North Dakota city whose right-of-way is being opened (Municipal excavation, street-opening and right-of-way ordinances; N.D.C.C. ch. 43-07 (the state contractor license, which carries no bond and preempts nothing)). Contractors excavating, trenching, patching or opening a street, alley or public right-of-way in a North Dakota city. This is the layer North Dakota municipalities bond most consistently — every city reached in this pass that bonds anything bonds this. Most run it as an annual excavator credential rather than a per-job posting: you file once with the city auditor or city engineer, and the bond stands behind the permits you pull that year. Expect the city to want your state contractor license as a prerequisite, insurance naming the city, and in several cities a traffic control plan filed with the permit.
- How much is the North Dakota Street Opening and Right-of-Way 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 North Dakota Street Opening and Right-of-Way 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?
- Longer than the job, almost everywhere — North Dakota cities commonly keep the bond in force for the license term plus two years, or for two years from final acceptance of the work. Renewal: Usually annual and filed once to stand behind the year’s permits, rather than posted job by job; several cities expire every excavator license on a fixed date.
- 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.
