Land Development Services

CONTACT INFORMATION: Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. and Friday, 9:15 a.m. - 4 p.m. Please note that visitors may not be added to in-person queues past 3:45 p.m.
703-222-0801 TTY 711
12055 Government Center Pkwy
Fairfax, VA 22035
Bill Hicks
Director

New Bond - Common Errors

Development Agreement

  • Plan name is misspelled, missing key words or out of order (ex. Agreement says Smith Subdivision Sec. 1 instead of Smith Subdivision, Landbay 2, Section 1, Parcel 3 as shown on plan)
  • Plan number is missing digits or has extra digits (ex. Plan, PAWS and bond/permit package letters says "1234-SP-001" but agreement say "001234-SP-001-2" or "1234-SP-01")
  • Form of payment and/or bond amount is not listed, or lists wrong amount and information
  • Project name, plan number or agreement date missing or incorrect on the header of the second page

Signature Blocks

  • Missing or wrong title(s)
  • Missing or wrong printed name
  • Missing middle initial in signature or in printed name
  • Developer's name is wrong
  • "By" lines missing or incorrect

Notary Blocks

  • Notary doesn't include title next to name (development agreement only)
  • Notary notarizes own signature
  • Notary date is before date of agreement
  • Notary registration number missing (Virginia)
  • Missing notary seal

Signature Authority

  • Name and/or title on agreement doesn't match signature authority
  • Developer remits pertinent sections of operating agreements/bylaws or refuses to provide them all together
  • Consent of Members and/or Managers dated after date of development agreement
  • LLC certs, secretary certs, etc. dated after date of development agreement
  • Certifications not signed, notarized or sealed correctly
  • Certifications signed by individual signing the agreement and not another officer of the company.

Performance Bonds

  • Date of agreement referenced doesn't match date of development agreement
  • Date Bond Executed has a big gap with Date of Agreement
  • Bond amount is entered in liability limit field instead of treasury listing
  • Name of surety company and bond number not listed or listed incorrectly on the header of the remaining pages
  • Developer name and address not consistent with that shown on agreement
  • The form is not signed or notarized correctly
  • Power of attorney for the surety company lists the wrong attorney-in-fact
  • Power of attorney is not dated consistently with the bond form.

Letters of Credit

  • Amount written out or numerically instead of both (required)
  • Developer name and address not consistent with that shown on agreement
  • Coversheet added as page one and includes additional information that's not acceptable
  • Expiry language adds "at our counters"
  • Expiry date is not at least 6 months beyond the development agreement date
  • Additional headers added not found on our sample
  • Extra wording, commas, spacing…etc.
  • Authorized officer's name and title not consistent with bank signature authority cert
  • Signature and/or notary page on a separate page with no header reference to the letter of credit number and date.

Certificate of Insurance

  • Plan name, number and additional insured missing from description of operations field
  • Developer name and address don't match agreement
  • Certificate holder field is completely wrong or missing/has incorrect information (suite number, office name, etc.)
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