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City of Houston storm water bonds.
From $100.
The bond the City of Houston requires to guarantee the maintenance of storm-water quality structural controls — the detention, filtration, and BMP devices a development must keep working after construction. The City sets the amount; the premium is 0.5% of the bond amount, with a $100 minimum. No credit check up to $500,000.
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Three steps. One sitting.
No underwriting queue for the standard storm-water bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the City. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount the City required, and the effective date — that is the application.
Issued on the spot
Most applications approve instantly and the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay.
File with the City of Houston
Submit the executed bond with your storm-water quality / drainage approval. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the City insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the storm-water bond actually covers
When a Houston development installs storm-water quality structural controls — detention basins, filtration vaults, and other best management practices (BMPs) that treat runoff — the City wants assurance those controls keep working after the contractor leaves. The bond is a maintenance guarantee: it stands behind your obligation to maintain the storm-water controls so they continue to function as designed.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier standing behind you, and the City of Houston (the obligee). If the controls fall into disrepair and the owner fails to maintain them, the City can recover its costs against the bond.
Because the City sizes the bond to the cost of maintaining your specific controls, the amount is whatever the City names. Premiums start from $100 and scale with that amount; no credit check up to $500,000, and the premium is 0.5% of the bond amount, with a $100 minimum.
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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 the City of Houston. Submit the executed bond with your storm-water quality / drainage approval. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the City 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 $500,000. 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 on the spot.
Submit the application with the bond amount the City of Houston set — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file.
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Houston storm water bond, issued today.
Premiums from $100. Enter the amount the City required and file the same day.