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 review of any kind, not even a soft pull.
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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's the application — no financials, no credit section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
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.
You need this bond if you're
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — the application has no credit section at all.
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Finish your Detroit house mover license today.
$100 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.