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Texas manufactured housing installer bonds.
$250 flat.
Texas requires a licensed manufactured housing installer to file a $25,000 bond with the Department of Housing and Community Affairs — the smallest of the four manufactured housing license bonds. Ours is $250 flat, set by our carrier's rate book, identical for every installer.
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Three steps. One sitting.
License 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
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with TDHCA
Your executed bond (TDHCA form 1025) arrives by email, ready to file with your installer license application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Texas licenses manufactured housing professionals through the Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) under Occupations Code Chapter 1201, and conditions an installer license on a $25,000 surety bond. The bond is a consumer-protection guarantee standing behind your compliance with the manufactured housing standards act and the installation standards.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Texas together with harmed consumers. If an installer's work or conduct violates Chapter 1201, the harmed party can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The $25,000 figure is specific to installers; retailers and brokers post $50,000 and manufacturers $100,000, each a separate bond under § 1201.106. The continuous bond is filed on TDHCA form 1025.
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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 $25,000 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 TDHCA. Your executed bond (TDHCA form 1025) arrives by email, ready to file with your installer license application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $250 at the $25,000 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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$250 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.