Arkansas replevin bonds.
Recover the property while the case runs.
Replevin — claim and delivery — lets you take back personal property a defendant is wrongfully holding. Before the sheriff hands it over, you post a replevin bond protecting the defendant. In Arkansas the bond is usually double the value of the property. It is underwritten, not flat-rated — tell us the property’s value and we quote it.
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How much does an Arkansas replevin bond cost?
It is underwritten. The carrier’s base rate is 1% of the bond amount; the underwriter sets your premium from the amount, your credit and any collateral.
Built to get the property back fast.
The sheriff won’t deliver the property until the bond is posted. Here is the whole process:
Tell us the property
Send a description and the actual value of the property, the parties, and the court. The penal sum is usually double that value, so the value drives both the bond amount and the quote.
A specialist underwrites & quotes
A surety specialist reviews the matter and returns a quote with any collateral requirement. Higher-value property means a larger penal sum, which may be collateralized — we tell you up front.
Execute & file
We issue the bond on the form your court accepts, with the surety’s power of attorney attached, so the order of delivery can be carried out and the property returned to you.
How a replevin bond works, and what to have ready.
Why the court asks for it
You are suing to get back property someone else is holding, and you want it back before the case ends. The court requires a bond before it orders the property taken and returned to you.
Who it protects
The person holding the property. If the court later decides you were not entitled to it, they recover the property or its value, and their damages, up to the bond amount.
If there is a claim
The surety pays a valid claim after the court rules, and you repay the surety.
Have these ready
- The complaint and your motion or application for the writ
- A description of the property and proof of its value, such as an invoice, appraisal or loan papers
- The bond amount the court or statute requires
- The court, case number and the parties' names
- Financial statements, and collateral details for a large amount
- Your attorney's name and contact details
What it is and who needs it.
How claim-and-delivery works
Replevin — Arkansas calls it the recovery of personal property, or claim and delivery — is the remedy you use when someone is wrongfully holding property that is yours and you want it back before the lawsuit ends.
To get an order of delivery, you file an affidavit describing the property and stating its actual value, your right to immediate possession, and that it is wrongfully detained. The clerk then orders the sheriff to take it.
Because you are getting the property before anyone has decided the case, you post a replevin bond — generally in double the value of the property — to protect the defendant for its return and for damages if it turns out you were not entitled to it.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A court bond answers to the court and the party its order protects: if the judgment or order the bond secures is not satisfied, that party can claim against it, up to the penal sum the court set.
The surety pays a valid claim after the court rules, and you repay the surety. A court bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
Term and renewal are set in the underwriter's quote; a court bond usually runs until the case or appeal it secures is resolved.
Keep the bond in force for as long as the obligation behind it runs.
How to file it
Execute & file. We issue the bond on the form your court accepts, with the surety’s power of attorney attached, so the order of delivery can be carried out and the property returned to you.
What sets the price
Court bonds are underwritten. The carrier's base rate for this bond is 1% of the bond amount; the underwriter sets your final premium from the amount the court sets, your credit and any collateral.
Start with the property and its value.
These are the actual underwriting fields — the property, its value, the parties, and your business. Submit once and a surety specialist responds in about one business day with a quote and any collateral requirement. No charge until the bond is issued.
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Get your property back, the right way.
Send the property’s value and the parties. A surety specialist underwrites it and returns a quote — typically within one business day. No charge until the bond is issued.