New York manufactured home installer bonds.
$100 flat.
An individual seeking certification to install manufactured homes in New York files a $10,000 surety bond with the Department of State under Executive Law Article 21-B and 19 NYCRR part 1210. Ours is $100 flat, and the price you see is the checkout price. The application includes a credit consent that authorizes a soft credit pull only.
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How much does a New York manufactured home installer bond cost?
$100 at the $10,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
Certification bonds are simple; the filing formalities are the fussy part. Here is the entire process:
Apply online
Your home address and business address, years in business, the usual commercial questions, and a one-time consent to a soft credit pull that never affects your score.
Pay & e-sign
Certification bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. Issued when you pay. One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
Sign, notarize and file the original
The Department of State accepts only a fully executed original — no faxes or photocopies — signed by you and the surety, with both signatures acknowledged before a notary and a surety power of attorney attached. We mail the original to the address you give us.
What it is and who needs it.
What the installer bond actually guarantees
New York regulates the manufactured-home trade through Executive Law Article 21-B, which requires certification of manufacturers, retailers, installers and mechanics by the Department of State, Division of Code Enforcement and Administration, Manufactured Housing Unit. Certification is conditioned on a surety bond, and the amount depends on the category: manufacturer $50,000, retailer $25,000, installer $10,000, mechanic $5,000. If you certify in more than one category you post a single bond in the highest applicable amount — not the sum.
The bond runs to the New York State Department of State and is conditioned on more than good workmanship. Under the terms of DOS form 1722, you and any of your employees holding a limited certificate must comply with Article 21-B and part 1210, pay all civil penalties levied under them, and satisfy or comply with any Article 21-B order and any Article 21-B judgment entered against you — including orders as confirmed or modified on judicial review. The Department may recover against the bond for a breach.
This page is the individual filing. The Department cannot certify a DBA, so an applicant who is a person — including a person doing business under an assumed name — must be named personally as Principal on the bond, with their residential address and principal place of business both stated. The bond is continuous: it stays in force indefinitely and terminates on the sixtieth day after the Department receives written notice of cancellation from the surety. Liability tails past that date for defects and violations that existed before it, and the surety’s total exposure is capped at the face amount however many claims arrive.
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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 $10,000 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
Sign, notarize and file the original. The Department of State accepts only a fully executed original — no faxes or photocopies — signed by you and the surety, with both signatures acknowledged before a notary and a surety power of attorney attached. We mail the original to the address you give us.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $10,000 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 issuing fields, including your home address, the commercial questions and a one-time consent to a soft credit pull that never affects your score.
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$100 flat, fixed amount, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.