Alabama appraisal management bonds.
$250 flat.
Alabama requires every appraisal management company to post a $25,000 bond with the Real Estate Appraisers Board to register. Ours is $250 flat — set by our carrier’s rate book for this bond, identical for every AMC. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit check.
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How much does an Alabama appraisal management bond cost?
$250 at the $25,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
Registration bonds are simple. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Company details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Fixed-amount registration bonds like this issue right after purchase in most cases.
File with the Real Estate Appraisers Board
Your executed bond, on the form the Board prescribes, arrives by email ready to post with your AMC registration or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Alabama registers appraisal management companies through the Real Estate Appraisers Board, and conditions registration on a $25,000 surety bond. The bond accrues to the state for the benefit of claimants — it secures the AMC's faithful performance of its obligations under the appraisal management law.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Alabama / Appraisers Board (the obligee), with harmed claimants — typically appraisers or consumers — as the protected parties. If an AMC fails to meet its statutory obligations and someone is harmed, they can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The bond must be maintained annually on renewal, so we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out to keep your $25,000 registration bond continuous.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the $25,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
File with the Real Estate Appraisers Board. Your executed bond, on the form the Board prescribes, arrives by email ready to post with your AMC registration or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $250 at the $25,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
No credit check.
One application, issued instantly.
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$250 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.