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Texas manufactured housing bonds, retailer/broker/installer.
$500 flat.
Texas licenses manufactured-housing professionals through the TDHCA Manufactured Housing Division, and a retailer, broker, or installer must file security with the license. A retailer or broker posts a $50,000 bond; ours is $500 flat, the same checkout price for everyone.
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Three steps to licensed.
Your TDHCA license is waiting on this bond. Here's the entire process — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
Business details, owner information, effective date. That is the application — the only extra step is a one-time consent to a soft credit check, run as a soft pull only.
Approved
Most are approved as soon as you apply. One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score. If it needs a second look, one to two business days at most.
E-sign & file with the TDHCA
Pay online and receive the executed bond ready to file with your manufactured-housing license application or renewal. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Texas regulates the manufactured-housing trade through the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) Manufactured Housing Division under Occupations Code Chapter 1201. A license applicant or holder must post security, and the bond is a consumer-protection guarantee that you'll comply with Chapter 1201 and the Division's rules.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier standing behind you, and the State of Texas together with harmed consumers (the protected parties). If a licensee violates the manufactured-housing statute or rules and a buyer is harmed, that buyer can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Licensees who follow the rules treat the bond as a license formality, not a risk.
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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 $50,000 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
E-sign & file with the TDHCA. Pay online and receive the executed bond ready to file with your manufactured-housing license application or renewal. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $500 at the $50,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit check. Submit once and your bond is issued when you pay.
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$500 flat, short application, bond issued when you pay. Free until issued.