District of Columbia foreclosure bonds.
From $100.
When the D.C. Superior Court enters a Decree of Sale in a mortgage foreclosure, the substitute trustees may not auction until a bond is posted into the Court. The decree opens it at $25,000, raised to the full purchase price before ratification if a third party wins. The premium is 0.4% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
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How much does a District of Columbia foreclosure bond cost?
0.4% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
Nothing about this bond needs a broker phone tree. Enter the case caption and the amount the decree names, and file it with the Court. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Plaintiff and defendant, the judge, the court, a short description of the property being sold, the bond amount from the decree, and the effective date. That is the application.
Issued
No credit check up to $25,000 except for corporations and LLCs, and most applications approve instantly. Your executed bond and power of attorney are generated as soon as you pay.
File it into the Court
File the executed bond in the case so the trustees can advertise and hold the auction. Wet-ink originals mailed on request when the Civil Actions Branch wants paper.
What it is and who needs it.
What the foreclosure bond actually guarantees
Most District foreclosures run out of court under a power of sale in the deed of trust. This bond belongs to the other track — the judicial one, where a lender files a mortgage foreclosure action in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Civil Division, and the Court enters an Order and Decree of Sale that ratifies or appoints substitute trustees and authorizes them to sell the property at public auction.
The decree conditions that authority on a bond. In the revised decree language the Civil Division has used since July 1, 2019, the trustees may proceed to foreclose "on the posting of a bond in the amount of $25,000.00 into the Court." The bond stands behind the trustees’ handling of the sale — the notice and advertising the decree requires, the deposit taken at auction, the verified report of sale filed under Super. Ct. Civ. R. 308(b)(4), and the accounting and distribution of proceeds under Rule 308(d). Owners of record, borrowers, junior lienholders, and the purchaser are the people it protects.
The amount is not static. The same decree provides that if a third party is successful at auction, the bond must be increased to the full amount of the purchase price, posted before the Court will ratify the sale — so a trustee who opens at $25,000 often comes back for a second, much larger bond once the gavel falls. It is not insurance for the trustee: if the surety pays, the trustee repays the surety. Enter the figure your decree names; we write both the opening bond and the increase.
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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 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.
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 it into the Court. File the executed bond in the case so the trustees can advertise and hold the auction. Wet-ink originals mailed on request when the Civil Actions Branch wants paper.
What sets the price
The premium is 0.4% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
No credit check up to $25,000 for individuals and partnerships (above that, a soft pull at most); for corporations and LLCs, one soft pull at every amount, never a hard inquiry.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — the case caption, the judge and court, the property, and the amount from the decree. No credit check up to $25,000 for individuals and partnerships (above that, a soft pull at most); for corporations and LLCs, one soft pull at every amount, never a hard inquiry.
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From $100, no credit check up to $25,000 except for corporations and LLCs, and the bond issues as soon as you pay. Enter the amount your decree names and file it into the case. Free until issued.