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Soil boring crews, survey firms, traffic control companies, farm operations running draglines and event producers can pull a dozen small INDOT miscellaneous permits a season. Bonding each one separately means a new bond, a new notary and a new trip to a district office every time. One blanket bond with the Miscellaneous/Other box checked sits on file in Indianapolis and backs them all.
INDOT's Blanket Bond for Right-of-Way Permits covers multiple permits under one bond, and this version is written with the Miscellaneous/Other box checked. It backs the miscellaneous permit, which 105 IAC 7-1-4 requires for any activity on state right of way not covered by other permits, and other permit types that have no box of their own. There is no printed minimum on the blanket form. INDOT requires coverage sufficient for all proposed right of way work, so the penal sum is sized to your open permits. The State of Indiana is the obligee, and the notarized original is mailed to INDOT Permits in Indianapolis.
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INDOT's Public Permit Guide files a long list of work under the Miscellaneous permit type: banners or decorations, lane closures, road closures, public art and landscaping, ag draglines, geotechnical investigations, and a catch all Miscellaneous subtype. INDOT's miscellaneous permit page adds Adopt a Highway access, coffee safety stops and surveys. 105 IAC 7-1-4 also lists a railroad crossing closure permit for work in state right of way where a railroad is located but the work is not on the rail line. None of these has its own box on the bond form, so they are bonded under Miscellaneous/Other. If you also hold occupancy or driveway permits, check those boxes on the same blanket bond.
The blanket form leaves the amount blank. INDOT's permit forms page says the coverage must be sufficient for all proposed right of way work. A miscellaneous permit costs $15 to apply for, but the work behind it can be expensive: a road closure with barricades and detour signing, a boring rig on the shoulder, a dragline hose laid across a state highway. Add up the cost of restoring everything you could have open at the same time and bond at least that. For comparison, INDOT's single permit form sets a $10,000 minimum on every individual bonded permit. Under the blanket form the surety's aggregate liability for all claims is capped at the penal sum, plus court costs and attorney fees if INDOT has to collect.
105 IAC 7-1-14 requires performance bonds on commercial driveways and lets INDOT require an adequate bond on any noncommercial application. Those bonds insure compliance with all terms of the permit and are released only when the permitted work is completed to INDOT's satisfaction. The blanket form also obligates the principal to pay all lawful claims of the contractor, vendors and laborers.
The Public Permit Guide restates several jobsite rules that apply to every permit. The permit must be on the job site at all times under 105 IAC 7-1-27. Work may not be done between sunset and sunrise unless specifically allowed under 105 IAC 7-1-26. Work must be finished within one year after the permit issues under 105 IAC 7-1-28. INDOT's inspection costs are reimbursed on receipt of an itemized statement under 105 IAC 7-1-21. When a permittee does not comply with permit conditions, the guide says INDOT may draw on the bond to complete the remedial work.
The miscellaneous permit fee is $15, paid by credit card or through monthly billing from IN.gov. Frequent filers can set up the IN.gov subscription so each permit does not need a card payment. IN.gov handles subscription questions at 1-888-446-3468, option 1.
Blanket bonds go to the central office, not a district. Mail the original, all three pages signed and notarized, to INDOT Permits, 100 N. Senate Ave., N758-Permits, Indianapolis, IN 46204, and upload a PDF in the Electronic Permit System. The bond takes effect on the later of its stated effective date and the date INDOT accepts it and enters it into EPS. To release it, email the Bond Release Information Request Form to permits@indot.in.gov. Schools, churches and local governments may qualify for a bond and fee waiver instead.
Any INDOT permit you file with that box checked, which includes the miscellaneous permit subtypes such as lane and road closures, banners, public art and landscaping, ag draglines, geotechnical investigations and surveys, plus permit types like the railroad crossing closure permit that have no box of their own.
Not on the blanket form. INDOT requires the amount to be sufficient for all proposed right of way work. The single permit form, by contrast, has a $10,000 minimum per permit.
The bond covers the work, not the fee. If a closure is left unrestored or a boring is not backfilled, INDOT can draw on the bond to complete the remedial work. Size it to what that work would cost to fix.
Yes. The blanket form lists Occupancy (Above Ground), Occupancy (Below Ground), Broadband Access, Driveway and Miscellaneous/Other. Check each type the bond will back and size the sum to all of them.
Email the Bond Release Information Request Form to permits@indot.in.gov. INDOT confirms your permits complied and then releases the bond.
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