Illinois injunction & TRO bonds.
Court-set security, underwritten fast.
When you ask a court to enjoin or restrain someone, the court may require security first. Under 735 ILCS 5/11-103, that bond protects a party who is later found to have been wrongfully enjoined. The court fixes the amount; the bond is underwritten, not flat-rated. Send us the order and a surety specialist returns a quote — usually within one business day.
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How much does an Illinois injunction & TRO bond cost?
It is underwritten. The carrier’s base rate is 2% of the bond amount; the underwriter sets your premium from the amount, your credit and any collateral.
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TROs and preliminary injunctions move quickly, and the court can condition relief on posting security. Here is the whole process:
Send us the order
Apply online and attach the order (or the proposed order) setting the bond amount and conditions. We size from the figure the court fixed.
A specialist underwrites it
A surety specialist reviews the amount, your financial position, and indemnity. For larger penalties we discuss collateral up front.
Execute & file
We issue the executed bond on the court’s required form so you can file it and keep your injunctive relief in force.
How an injunction bond works, and what to have ready.
Why the court asks for it
You are asking the court to order someone to stop, or start, doing something before the case is decided. The court requires a bond before that order takes effect.
Who it protects
The party the order restrains. If the court later finds the order should not have been granted, they can recover the costs and damages it caused them, 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 court's order granting the injunction or restraining order, with the bond amount it sets
- The court, case number and the parties' names
- The complaint or motion that asked for the order
- Financial statements for the person or business posting the bond
- Your attorney's name and contact details
What it is and who needs it.
Why the court wants security
A preliminary injunction or TRO stops the other side from doing something before the case is decided. If it later turns out the injunction was wrongful, the enjoined party may have suffered real costs and damages in the meantime.
So Illinois lets the court require the applicant to post a bond first. If a party is found to have been wrongfully enjoined or restrained, that party can recover its costs and damages against the bond — up to the penal sum the court set.
Because the exposure is whatever the court fixes, these bonds are underwritten rather than flat-rated, and larger amounts may be collateralized. We size and quote the bond once we see the order.
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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 executed bond on the court’s required form so you can file it and keep your injunctive relief in force.
What sets the price
Court bonds are underwritten. The carrier's base rate for this bond is 2% of the bond amount; the underwriter sets your final premium from the amount the court sets, your credit and any collateral.
The application takes about ten minutes.
Tell us about the matter and attach the order setting the amount. A surety specialist underwrites it and returns a quote — usually within one business day. Free until your bond is issued.
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Need to post security for an injunction?
Send us the order and a surety specialist underwrites and quotes the bond — usually within one business day. Free until your bond is issued.