North Carolina replevin bonds.
Recover the property while the case runs.
A North Carolina plaintiff using claim and delivery to recover wrongfully held personal property posts this plaintiff’s undertaking protecting the other side. By statute it is double the value of the property as stated in your affidavit. It is underwritten, not flat-rated: we quote it from the property’s value.
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How much does a North Carolina replevin bond cost?
It is underwritten. The carrier’s base rate is 1% of the bond amount; the underwriter sets your premium from the amount, your credit and any collateral.
Built to get the property back fast.
The sheriff won’t deliver the property until the undertaking is posted. Here is the whole process:
Tell us the property
Send a description and the affidavit value of the property, the parties, and the court. The undertaking is double that value, so the value drives both the bond amount and the quote.
A specialist underwrites & quotes
A surety specialist reviews the matter and returns a quote with any collateral requirement. Higher-value property means a larger penal sum, which may be collateralized — we tell you up front.
Execute & file
We issue the bond on the form your court accepts, with the surety’s power of attorney attached, so the property can be delivered to you pending the action.
How a replevin bond works, and what to have ready.
Why the court asks for it
You are suing to get back property someone else is holding, and you want it back before the case ends. The court requires a bond before it orders the property taken and returned to you.
Who it protects
The person holding the property. If the court later decides you were not entitled to it, they recover the property or its value, and their damages, up to the bond amount.
If there is a claim
The surety pays a valid claim after the court rules, and you repay the surety.
Have these ready
- The complaint and your motion or application for the writ
- A description of the property and proof of its value, such as an invoice, appraisal or loan papers
- The bond amount the court or statute requires
- The court, case number and the parties' names
- Financial statements, and collateral details for a large amount
- Your attorney's name and contact details
What it is and who needs it.
How claim and delivery works in North Carolina
North Carolina handles the recovery of wrongfully held personal property through claim and delivery (the modern form of the old action of replevin). To get the property back before the case is over, the plaintiff applies for an order of seizure and posts an undertaking.
You file an affidavit describing the property, stating its value and your right to immediate possession, and give the undertaking. The plaintiff’s undertaking is conditioned for the return of the property to the defendant — with damages for its deterioration and detention — or, if return cannot be had, for payment of its value.
Because you are taking the property before anyone has decided the case, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-475 fixes the undertaking at double the value of the property as stated in the affidavit, to protect the defendant for its return and for damages if you were not entitled to possession.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A court bond answers to the court and the party its order protects: if the judgment or order the bond secures is not satisfied, that party can claim against it, up to the penal sum the court set.
The surety pays a valid claim after the court rules, and you repay the surety. A court bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
Term and renewal are set in the underwriter's quote; a court bond usually runs until the case or appeal it secures is resolved.
Keep the bond in force for as long as the obligation behind it runs.
How to file it
Execute & file. We issue the bond on the form your court accepts, with the surety’s power of attorney attached, so the property can be delivered to you pending the action.
What sets the price
Court bonds are underwritten. The carrier's base rate for this bond is 1% of the bond amount; the underwriter sets your final premium from the amount the court sets, your credit and any collateral.
Start with the property and its value.
These are the actual underwriting fields — the property, its value, the parties, and your business. Submit once and a surety specialist responds in about one business day with a quote and any collateral requirement. No charge until the bond is issued.
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Get your property back, the right way.
Send the property’s value and the parties. A surety specialist underwrites it and returns a quote — typically within one business day. No charge until the bond is issued.