Subdivision Bonds (California Subdivision Map Act)
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When a developer records a final or parcel map in California, the Subdivision Map Act requires them to guarantee the public improvements — streets, sewers, grading, utilities — with security, usually a surety bond. We place these subdivision bonds for agents, with the city or county as the obligee.
The bonds a California subdivision requires
- →Faithful performance bond — guarantees the required improvements are actually built (often around 100% of the engineer's estimated cost)
- →Labor & material (payment) bond — guarantees the subs and suppliers on the improvements get paid (often around 50%)
- →Monument bond — guarantees the licensed surveyor sets the survey monuments after the work is finished
- →Warranty / maintenance bond — guarantees the completed improvements against defects for a set period after the agency accepts them
Related site & permit bonds
- →Grading bond — for the grading permit
- →Encroachment and right-of-way bonds — for work in the public right-of-way
- →Site improvement bond — for the improvements in a development agreement
Who needs a subdivision bond
- ✓Developers and subdividers recording a final or parcel map
- ✓Contractors performing the subdivision improvements
- ✓Anyone a city or county requires to post improvement security
How to place it through Baker
- →Send the improvement agreement or the engineer's cost estimate, the obligee (city/county), and the required bond amounts
- →We match it to a surety market and return terms
- →Start a bond quote, or send the application link to your client
** Terms used here are a summary only. Always refer to the bond form and the obligee's requirements.