Detroit house mover bonds.
$100 flat.
The City of Detroit licenses contractors who move houses and other residential structures over its streets, and conditions that license on a $20,000 surety bond. Ours is $100 flat — the price our carrier set for this bond, not a percentage calculation. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit check.
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How much does a Detroit house mover bond cost?
$100 at the $20,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
City license bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the City of Detroit
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your City of Detroit house mover license or permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
A house mover bond is a street-and-property-protection guarantee. Moving a house or residential structure over the City of Detroit's streets can damage pavement, utility lines, trees, and traffic structures, so the City wants a financial backstop that you operate under your permit and repair what you damage along the route.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Detroit (the obligee), with the public as the protected party. If your move damages city property or a third party, or you violate your mover license terms, the City can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Movers who plan routes carefully and repair any damage treat the bond as a license formality, and we keep your $20,000 filing continuous with renewal notices 60 and 30 days out.
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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 $20,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The bond runs to December 31 whatever day you buy; the premium covers the period to that date.
Renewal falls on the statutory date, December 31, in the year your term ends.
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 City of Detroit. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your City of Detroit house mover license or permit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $20,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
No credit check.
One application, issued instantly.
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$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.