SC manufactured home dealer bonds.
$300 flat.
South Carolina requires a licensed manufactured home retail dealer to file a $30,000 bond for each location with the Manufactured Housing Board. Ours is $300 flat, set by our carrier's rate book for this bond, identical for every dealer. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit review of any kind, not even a soft pull.
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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 section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
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 Manufactured Housing Board
Your executed bond (Board form DOC.185) arrives by email, ready to file with your dealer 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 manufactured home retail dealers through the Manufactured Housing Board within LLR, and conditions the license on a $30,000 bond for each sales location. The bond is a consumer-protection guarantee: it backs clear title on the homes you sell and your compliance with the Uniform Standards Code for Manufactured Housing.
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 (up to an additional amount the statute sets for dealers), and won't release a bond until all claims are resolved or three years after you stop doing business, whichever is later.
You need this bond if you're
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — the application collects no credit information, because this bond doesn't need it.
Start the application →Common questions.
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$300 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.