Houston house moving license bonds.
$100 flat.
Before the City of Houston delivers a house moving license, the licensee must file a $10,000 bond with the city. 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 Houston house moving license bond cost?
$100 at the $10,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
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 credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Small fixed license bonds like this are among the thousands that issue right after purchase.
File with the City of Houston
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your house moving license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
The City of Houston, TX licenses house movers — businesses that relocate buildings across public streets — through the building official, and Code of Ordinances § 10-51 conditions delivery of that license on a $10,000 surety bond. The bond is a compliance guarantee: it stands behind the licensee’s conduct of the house-moving business in strict accordance with Article III of Chapter 10, and behind any damage to streets, curbs, gutters, water lines, fire hydrants and other public property caused by a move.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Houston (the obligee), with the city and the traveling public protected. The bond also secures minimum liquidated damages of $50 per day for each day a house remains on a street beyond the time shown on the house moving permit, and it is not exhausted by a single recovery — claims can be made against it until the full $10,000 has been recovered.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The city also requires separate liability and property-damage insurance under § 10-52 before any house moving permit is issued. We issue the $10,000 license bond for $100 flat, with no credit check on the application.
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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 bond runs to December 31 whatever day you buy; the premium covers the period to that date.
Renewal falls on the statutory date, December 31, in the year your term ends.
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 City of Houston. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your house moving license 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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Finish your Houston mover license filing today.
$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.