Dallas house-moving rehabilitation bonds.
From $100.
Before the City of Dallas, TX issues a permit to move a house or structure within the city, its Building Inspection Division requires a house/structure moving rehabilitation bond attached to the moving permit application, sized to the move. Pricing is 0.5% of the bond amount, with a $100 minimum.
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How much does a Dallas house-moving rehabilitation bond cost?
0.5% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
No underwriting queue for the standard moving rehabilitation bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the moving permit application. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount Building Inspection set for the move, and the effective date — that is the application.
Issued on the spot
The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit check up to $100,000.
File with Dallas Building Inspection
Attach the executed bond to your moving permit application, alongside the route approval, site plan, and foundation plan the checklist requires. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the office insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the rehabilitation bond actually covers
When a house or other structure is moved within the City of Dallas, TX, the Building Inspection Division's Moving Permit Application Checklist lists a house/structure moving rehabilitation bond as a required attachment, alongside the route approval, site plan, and foundation plan for the new location. The bond stands behind restoring the vacated site — clearing the lot and leaving it in the condition the city requires — once the structure is gone.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Dallas (the obligee), protecting the city and neighboring property from an abandoned, unrestored lot. If the site is not cleared and rehabilitated as required and the city has to step in, the city can recover its cost against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. This bond is separate from the mover's own $5,000 annual building-mover's license bond (Dallas Building Code § 3702.3) — that one licenses the moving business itself; this one is filed on each individual move. We price it at 0.5% of the bond amount, with a $100 minimum, and no credit check up to $100,000.
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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 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.
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 Dallas Building Inspection. Attach the executed bond to your moving permit application, alongside the route approval, site plan, and foundation plan the checklist requires. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the office insists.
What sets the price
The premium is 0.5% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
No credit check up to $100,000. Above that, the carrier may run a soft pull, which never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields. No credit check up to $100,000.
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Pricing from $100. Enter the amount Building Inspection set for your move and file with your permit application. Free until issued.