South Carolina manufactured home installer bonds.
$100 flat.
South Carolina requires a licensed manufactured home installer to file a $5,000 bond with the Manufactured Housing Board. Ours is $100 flat, set by our carrier's rate book for this bond — the price you see is the checkout price. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit check.
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How much does a South Carolina manufactured home installer bond cost?
$100 at the $5,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
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 is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Small license bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the Manufactured Housing Board
Your executed bond (Board form DOC.185) arrives by email, ready to file with your installer license application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
South Carolina licenses the manufactured housing trades through the Manufactured Housing Board within LLR. A manufactured home installer bond is a consumer-protection guarantee — installers set up and anchor the home on site, and the bond backs your compliance with the Uniform Standards Code for Manufactured Housing and the state's installation standards.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Board (the obligee), with manufactured-home buyers as the protected parties. Claims may be initiated only through the Board's complaint process, and recovery is limited to a consumer's actual damages — not attorney's fees or punitive damages.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The Board can require an increased bond after a violation, and won't release a bond until all claims are resolved or three years after you stop doing business in South Carolina, whichever is later.
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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 $5,000 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
File with the Manufactured Housing Board. Your executed bond (Board form DOC.185) arrives by email, ready to file with your installer license application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $5,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
No credit check.
One application, issued instantly.
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$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.