TX debt management services bonds.
1% rate. $100 minimum.
The bond a debt management services provider files with the Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner to register in Texas under Finance Code §394.206. A provider that does not hold consumer money posts $50,000; one that does posts the average daily balance of its Texas trust account, and a new applicant is set between $25,000 and $100,000. The premium is 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum — exact price at the application, issued the moment you pay.
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The bond goes in with your ALECS registration or renewal at the OCCC. Here is the entire process:
Apply online
Business details, years in business, the bond amount your registration requires, and an effective date. Any credit screen is a soft pull that never shows as a hard inquiry.
Pay & e-sign
Your price is 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum, so the bond issues the moment you pay — the executed bond and power of attorney generate on the spot.
File with the OCCC
Submit the executed bond with your initial or renewal registration application to the Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the debt management bond covers
Texas regulates debt management and debt settlement providers under Finance Code Chapter 394, Subchapter C, administered by the Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner. A provider must register with the OCCC, and Section 394.206 requires a surety bond — or an approved insurance policy — filed with the commissioner alongside the initial and each renewal registration application.
The amount turns on whether you touch client money. A provider that does not receive and hold consumer money for disbursement to creditors posts $50,000. A provider that does posts an amount equal to the average daily balance of its Texas trust account over the preceding six months; for a new applicant, the commissioner sets an amount between $25,000 and $100,000.
The bond runs in favor of the State of Texas, for the use of the state and of any person with a cause of action against the provider under the subchapter, and it runs concurrently with your registration period. It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. We track the term and send renewal notices 60 and 30 days out.
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These are the actual issuing fields — business details, years in business, the bond amount, and an effective date.
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1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum, issued the moment you pay. Free until issued.