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Texas hearing instrument bonds.
$100 flat.
Texas requires anyone fitting and dispensing hearing instruments to file $10,000 of financial security with the Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) under Occupations Code Chapter 402 — a surety bond is one accepted form. Ours is $100 flat. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit check.
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Three steps. One sitting.
License-style 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
Fixed-amount bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with TDLR
Your executed bond and cover page arrive by email, ready to file with your TDLR license application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Texas licenses hearing instrument fitters and dispensers through the Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) under Occupations Code Chapter 402 and 16 Texas Administrative Code Chapter 112. A sole proprietor, partnership, corporation, or other entity engaged in fitting and dispensing must file $10,000 of financial security with the department.
The bond is conditioned on the entity paying all taxes and contributions owed to the state and its political subdivisions, and on satisfying judgments for negligently or improperly dispensing hearing instruments or breaching a contract relating to that dispensing. It protects consumers and the state, not the fitter.
Texas accepts the $10,000 in several forms — a surety bond, a cash deposit, a certificate of deposit, or an original letter of credit. Most fitters use the surety bond because it costs a small fixed premium rather than tying up $10,000 in cash. If the surety pays a claim, the fitter repays the surety.
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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 TDLR. Your executed bond and cover page arrive by email, ready to file with your TDLR license application or renewal. 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.
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$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.