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Cook County, IL — Right Of Way Permit Bond

Bring Cook County's actual permit and bonding instructions to this application. Confirm whether the request concerns an individual permit or a company's continuing utility file; the page title alone does not identify the required program.

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Recorded state
Illinois
Bond type
Right-of-Way / Street Work Bond
Category
Contractors & construction

What this bond does

Prepare the accepted security and filing details for the County's actual ROW permit request.

Who needs it
The legal applicant required to furnish County security, coordinated with the permit holder and facility owner.
Who it protects
The accepted instrument determines the County's protection. Its published $50,000 company form includes restoration and indemnity, but that example does not certify this provider option as the same instrument.

Your bond option

This is the option on record for this bond.

The bond amount describes the limit of the bond obligation, not the price. A listed amount does not establish what the requesting party requires. The premium is what you pay and must be confirmed for the actual option. An E&O limit, where listed, is separate errors and omissions insurance.

Match the permit request before selecting a form

Cook County's Form 20C50000 is specifically a $50,000 multiple-permit program for new private utility companies. It is not evidence that a similarly named offering is an individual-permit bond or that every contractor must furnish company-level security. Record the actual permit reference, work limits, responsible applicant and required County form; confirm this offering against that request rather than substituting the other Cook County catalog page.

Follow the instructions for the program actually requested

For that company program, the County instructs the company to email the executed bond before the first permit can issue, with no hard copy required, and keeps it for later permits. Company names on bond and insurance must match, and insurance must remain current; the continuing form requires written release. Do not apply those filing or release rules to a different instrument without confirmation. Purchase Now opens Propeller, whose option displays no fixed amount or term. Check issuance and County acceptance, then obtain the actual work permit.

Sources

Have these ready

  1. Actual County permit/request, road/work limits and responsible applicant/facility owner.
  2. Individual or multiple-permit program, accepted form, recipient, sum and dates.
  3. Consistent legal names, required execution, insurance and program-specific delivery.
  4. Accepted security, separate permit issuance, continuing obligations and actual release.

Questions about this bond

Does 'Permit Bond' in the title establish an individual-permit program?

No. Match the County's actual request and provider instrument. The cited company procedure is for multiple permits and does not establish this offering's variant.

Can I assume the company procedure's email-only filing applies?

Only after confirming that is the actual accepted program. Obtain the County's delivery instructions for your required instrument.

Does an insurance certificate replace the bond?

No. The company procedure addresses both separately and requires consistent names and current insurance. Confirm the documents required for the actual permit.

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