OR indemnity to sheriff bonds.
From $100.
When you have a money judgment and the sheriff has doubt about who owns the property you want levied on, the sheriff can require you — the judgment creditor — to post a bond indemnifying the sheriff against loss before the levy proceeds, under ORS 18.875. The amount is double the property's value, and pricing is from $100 — your exact price appears at application. Most applications approve instantly with no credit section.
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No underwriting queue for the standard indemnity bond — enter your amount, pay, and deliver it to the sheriff. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your details, the bond amount the sheriff required, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
Issued on the spot
No waiting — the application collects no credit information for most amounts, and the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay. Larger amounts may get a quick review.
Deliver to the sheriff
Give the executed indemnity bond to the sheriff so the levy can proceed. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the office insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the indemnity bond actually does
When you win a money judgment in Oregon, you can enforce it by directing the sheriff to levy on (seize and sell) the debtor's property under a writ of execution. But the sheriff is exposed: if the property turns out to belong to someone else, or is subject to a third party's claim, the sheriff can be sued for wrongful levy.
So ORS 18.875 lets the sheriff require the judgment creditor to file a good and sufficient bond indemnifying the sheriff before levying — when the sheriff has actual notice of a third-party claim, has doubt about ownership or encumbrances, or in other specified situations. The bond protects the sheriff (and indirectly any rightful owner) against loss from the levy.
The bond must be double the value of the property to be levied on, as the sheriff estimates it. The sheriff cannot require it when the writ directs the sale or delivery of specific property under the judgment's terms. It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Pricing on the amount the sheriff set is variable, from $100, and the application collects no credit information for most amounts.
You need this bond if you are
One application, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with the bond amount the sheriff required — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to deliver.
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Other Oregon bonds.
Indemnity bond, issued today.
Premiums from $100. Enter the amount the sheriff required and deliver it the same day.