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Kentucky encroachment permit bonds.
From $100.
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet can require a performance bond on form TC 99-7, guaranteeing you restore the right-of-way, when you encroach on a state right-of-way with a utility cut, driveway or other work. The Cabinet sets the amount; premiums are 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
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Three steps. One sitting.
No underwriting queue for the standard encroachment bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the Permits Branch. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the encroachment location and KYTC permit number, the bond amount, and an effective date — that is the entire application.
Issued on the spot
No waiting — the application collects no credit information, and the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay. Larger amounts may get a quick soft-pull review.
File with the Permits Branch
Submit the executed bond on form TC 99-7 to the Department of Highways Permits Branch. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the Cabinet insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the encroachment bond actually covers
An encroachment permit lets you work within a Kentucky state right-of-way — running a utility line, cutting a driveway, or otherwise occupying Cabinet-controlled ground. The Transportation Cabinet conditions the permit on a performance bond so the public never pays to fix your work.
The bond is a restoration guarantee: it backs your obligation to correct any non-conforming aspect of the encroachment and to restore the right-of-way, roadway, and surfacing in accordance with Cabinet regulations. If you don't, the Cabinet can recover against the bond to do it for you. The bond stays in effect until the Cabinet terminates it in writing.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Enter the amount the Permits Branch named on your permit; we issue it on form TC 99-7 with premiums starting at $100 and no credit information collected.
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One application, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with the bond amount the Cabinet set — the executed bond is generated instantly on form TC 99-7, ready to file.
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Premiums from $100. Enter the amount the Cabinet required and file the same day.