Louisiana manufactured home retailer bonds.
$500 flat.
Louisiana requires a manufactured-home retailer to file a $50,000 bond with the Manufactured Housing Commission to activate the license. Ours is $500 flat — the price you see is the checkout price — with a quick soft credit check that never affects your score.
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How much does a Louisiana manufactured home retailer bond cost?
$500 at the $50,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps to licensed.
Your retailer license is waiting on this bond. Here's the entire process — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
Business details, owner information, effective date. The application may include a one-time consent to a soft credit check.
Approved
Most are approved as soon as you apply. Any credit check that runs is a soft pull that never affects your score. If it needs a second look, one to two business days at most.
File with the Manufactured Housing Commission
Pay online and receive the executed bond, ready to file to activate your retailer license. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Louisiana licenses manufactured-home retailers through the Manufactured Housing Commission, and conditions an active license on a $50,000 surety bond — twice the installer figure, reflecting the retailer’s role in selling the home itself.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Louisiana for the use of harmed consumers (the protected parties). If a retailer violates manufactured-housing law or fails a buyer, the harmed party can recover against the bond, up to $50,000.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Retailers who deal honestly treat the bond as a license formality, and we keep your filing continuous with renewal notices ahead of each cycle.
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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 $50,000 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 Manufactured Housing Commission. Pay online and receive the executed bond, ready to file to activate your retailer license. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $500 at the $50,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit check. Submit once and your bond is issued when you pay.
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$500 flat, short application, bond issued when you pay. Free until issued.