NY manufactured home retailer bonds.
$750. Registered.
New York requires every manufactured-home retailer to file a $25,000 security to register with the Department of State — ours is $750 flat at our posted 3% rate. The application is five minutes, and license bonds like this are the fastest thing we issue.
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Three steps. One sitting.
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 check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
Fixed-amount 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 Department of State
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your manufactured-home retailer registration or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$25,000 bond × 3% = $750, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
A manufactured-home retailer bond is a consumer-protection guarantee. People buy a manufactured home with most of what they have — the state wants a financial backstop that the dealer who sold it dealt honestly.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier standing behind you, and the Department of State / your customers (the obligee and protected parties). If a retailer takes a deposit and fails to deliver, misrepresents a sale, or breaches a warranty obligation, the harmed buyer can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Retailers who deliver what they promise treat the bond as a registration formality, not a risk.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one. Submit and get back to the lot.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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Finish your registration today.
$750 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.