The Developer's Subdivision Bond Checklist
What you need to post improvement, completion, and maintenance bonds to a municipality — and get them reduced.
Subdivision bonds trip up developers because the obligee is a government, the amount is tied to an engineer's estimate, and there's no contractor liable behind the bond — so the surety underwrites you. Knowing how the pieces fit makes approval and reductions far smoother.
This checklist covers exactly what to assemble and how releases work. Enter your email to unlock it.
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- Every document a municipality and surety will ask for
- How the bond amount is set (and reduced as work is accepted)
- How underwriting differs from contract bonds
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