Dallas house mover bonds.
$100 flat.
The City of Dallas, TX requires anyone in the business of moving a structure along, across, or over a public street to hold an annual building mover's license — and to file a $5,000 surety bond as a condition of that license. Ours is $100 flat — the price you see is the checkout price. The application collects no credit information.
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Three steps. One sitting.
License bonds like this are about the simplest thing in surety. Here is the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application — no financials, no credit section.
Pay & e-sign
Small fixed 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 City of Dallas
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the building official as part of your building mover's license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
The City of Dallas, TX licenses businesses that move structures — houses, small commercial buildings — along, across, or over its public streets. The Dallas Building Code conditions that annual license on a $5,000 surety bond, filed with the building official before the license issues.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Dallas (the obligee), protecting the city from the costs, damages, and suits that can arise from moving a structure or equipment in the public right-of-way. If a move damages the street, a utility line, or injures a person or property and the mover does not make it right, the city can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. This $5,000 license bond is separate from the per-move site-restoration bond the city also requires, sized at $1 per square foot of the structure moved or $10,000, whichever is greater. Movers who clean up after the job treat the license bond as an annual formality. We issue it for $100 flat, with no credit section on the application.
You need this bond if you're
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — the application has no credit section, because this bond does not need one.
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Finish your Dallas mover's license today.
$100 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.