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Tennessee — Highway Grading Permit Bond

Match this Highway Grading Permit offering to the actual highway-work request before purchasing. Do not substitute a local land-disturbance, erosion-control or contractor-license condition solely because each involves grading.

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

What this bond does

Arrange accepted security for the identified Tennessee highway grading permit undertaking.

Who needs it
Permit applicants directed to provide highway-grading security for their described work.
Who it protects
The actual permit and accepted bond condition define the protected highway undertaking. The catalog’s state-level name does not independently establish the recipient, sum or release conditions.

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.

Identify the highway permit and work limits

Bring the requesting road authority, route, project location, grading limits and approved plans. Ask which pavement, shoulder, slope or drainage restoration duties are included in the actual request.

Confirm whether the applicant is the permittee, owner or contractor. A private-site grading approval or stormwater authorization should not be treated as the highway authority’s permission.

Verify the specific grading instrument

TDOT publishes a surety form tied to permitted improvements on state-highway ROW, with construction, restoration, maintenance and Department-release provisions. That document alone does not establish that it is the accepted Highway Grading condition for this offering.

Have the requesting office and provider verify the exact match, sum and dates before purchase. The option supplies no fixed amount or term; do not import another provider’s annual term or a driveway calculation without an applicable request.

Separate issuance, filing and site authorization

Prepare the confirmed principal, recipient, accepted form, permit reference and dates for the provider. After issuance, complete the required execution and deliver through the requesting office’s instructions.

Obtain the actual authorization before grading. Ask which inspection, restoration/maintenance and discharge conditions apply; buying security or finishing earthwork does not independently establish permit approval or release.

Sources

Have these ready

  1. Written highway-grading security request, road authority and exact accepted form.
  2. Legal applicant role, route/location, grading limits, permit and plans.
  3. Assigned sum, dates, execution/delivery and inspection/restoration/release conditions.

Questions about this bond

Is this automatically the local erosion-control bond?

No. Match the highway permit and accepted instrument; similar work descriptions do not prove equivalence.

Does TDOT's published improvements form verify this specific offering?

Not by itself. Have the office and provider confirm the actual grading condition.

Is a one-year term supplied here?

No. The option supplies no fixed term. Confirm dates and continuing duties from the accepted request.

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