Montgomery County foreclosure trustee bonds.
1% of the bond amount.
Before a trustee, substitute trustee, mortgagee, or attorney can sell property at foreclosure in Maryland, Md. Rule 14-213 requires a bond to the State of Maryland, filed with the clerk of the circuit court — this form is written for the Circuit Court for Montgomery County. The amount is set by the court — unless the court orders otherwise, the rule makes it the amount of the debt plus the estimated expenses of the proceeding. The premium is 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum, the bond issues the moment you pay, and any credit screen is a soft pull only — it never affects your score.
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Your details, the court and case information, the bond amount, and an effective date. That is the entire application — any credit screen is a soft pull that never shows as a hard inquiry.
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The premium is 1% of the bond amount ($100 minimum), computed on the spot — the bond issues the moment you pay, with your executed bond and power of attorney generated instantly.
File with the clerk
File the executed bond with the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County before making the sale. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Maryland's foreclosure rules require the individual authorized to make a foreclosure sale — a trustee, substitute trustee, mortgagee, or attorney named in the power of sale — to file a bond with the clerk of the circuit court before selling the property. The bond runs to the State of Maryland and is conditioned on compliance with court orders concerning the sale and the distribution of its proceeds.
Under Md. Rule 14-213, the bond amount is the court's to set: unless the court orders otherwise, it is the amount of the debt plus the estimated expenses of the proceeding, and the court may increase or decrease it on application by anyone with an interest in the property — or by the individual making the sale — under Rule 1-402(d). Take your figure from the case file or the court's order rather than from a rate table. The Circuit Court for Montgomery County administers its own trustee-bond filings, which is why this bond is written specifically for that court; sales in other Maryland counties use the all-other-counties form.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The bond protects the borrower, the noteholder, and every party to the case by standing behind the accounting the court will ratify; we track the term and send renewal notices 60 and 30 days out.
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Submit the application with your court and case details — the executed bond is generated the moment you pay, ready to file with the clerk.
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1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum, issued the moment you pay. Free until issued.