New York manufactured home retailer bonds.
$250 flat.
An individual seeking certification to sell manufactured homes in New York files a $25,000 surety bond with the Department of State under Executive Law Article 21-B and 19 NYCRR part 1210. Ours is $250 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 retailer bond cost?
$250 at the $25,000 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 retailer bond actually guarantees
A manufactured-home retailer is the party a buyer actually deals with — the one who takes the deposit, signs the purchase agreement and arranges delivery. Executive Law Article 21-B conditions retailer certification by the Department of State on a $25,000 surety bond, sitting between the manufacturer’s $50,000 and the installer’s $10,000 in a four-tier ladder that also includes the $5,000 mechanic bond.
The bond runs to the New York State Department of State. Under the terms of DOS form 1722 it obliges you, and any employee of yours holding a limited certificate, to comply with Article 21-B and 19 NYCRR part 1210, pay all civil penalties levied under them, and satisfy any Article 21-B order or Article 21-B judgment entered against you — including consent orders, an ALJ decision, or a decision and order of the Secretary of State, as confirmed or modified on judicial review. Recovery reaches breaches after termination where they rest on a violation or substantial defect that existed before it.
This page is the individual filing. The Department cannot certify a DBA, so a person applying — including one selling under an assumed name — is named personally as Principal, with residential address and principal place of business both on the bond. Two practical points. The bond is continuous, terminating on the sixtieth day after the Department receives the surety’s written cancellation notice. And if you certify as retailer and installer, the Department’s instructions are explicit: file a single $25,000 bond for the higher category, not $35,000 for both.
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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 $25,000 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 $250 at the $25,000 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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$250 flat, fixed amount, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.