Tennessee home stabilizing installer bonds.
$100 flat.
A Tennessee installer of manufactured-home stabilizing (anchoring) systems must post a $10,000 bond with the State Fire Marshal’s office to get approval to install. Ours is $100 flat — 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 Tennessee home stabilizing installer bond cost?
$100 at the $10,000 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
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the State Fire Marshal
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your installer approval application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
A manufactured home has to be anchored and stabilized so it stays put in high winds — work governed in Tennessee by the manufactured-home anchoring rules under the State Fire Marshal’s office. An installer of these stabilizing systems must be approved, and that approval is conditioned on a $10,000 bond.
The bond is a compliance guarantee: once approval is granted, the installer and all employees must comply with the rules of the Tennessee manufactured-home anchoring program, and the bond stands behind that compliance. It is a three-party arrangement among you (the principal), the surety, and the State of Tennessee (the obligee).
Licensing also calls for an application, a fee, and required coursework — a separate approval for each business location. The bond is the financial backstop. If the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety; installers who anchor to code treat it as a license formality.
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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 $10,000 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 State Fire Marshal. Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your installer approval application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $10,000 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.
These are the actual issuing fields. No credit check.
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Installer approval, one document away.
$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.