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Texas public official bonds.
From $100.
Texas conditions many public offices on a faithful-performance bond the officer files before taking the oath. The amount is set by statute or the governing body for that office. Pricing is 0.35% of that amount, $100 minimum — your exact price appears at the application.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Enter your amount, consent to a soft pull, and you have the executed official bond. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your details, the office you hold or are entering, the bond amount required, and the effective date — that is the application, plus a one-time soft-pull consent.
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.
File before you take office
Deliver the executed bond to the official who approves it — typically the county judge, commissioners court, or appointing authority. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever they insist.
What it is and who needs it.
What the public official bond actually covers
A public official bond is a faithful-performance guarantee. Texas conditions a number of public offices on the officer filing a bond before taking the oath, so that if the officer fails to faithfully perform the duties of the office or mishandles public funds, the harmed public body can recover against the bond.
The required amount and approving authority vary by office. For example, a county treasurer files a bond payable to the county judge, set by the commissioners court within statutory limits (not less than $5,000, not more than $500,000); tax assessor-collectors, clerks, constables and others have their own bonding statutes. Your appointment papers or the governing statute will name the figure.
Because the amount is office-specific, we issue whatever figure you were told to post — priced at 0.35% of that amount, $100 minimum, via a soft credit pull that never affects your score. If the surety ever pays a claim, you repay the surety; it is a guarantee to the public, not insurance for the officeholder.
You need this bond if you are
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 before you take office. Deliver the executed bond to the official who approves it — typically the county judge, commissioners court, or appointing authority. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever they insist.
What sets the price
The premium is 0.35% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not 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 pull. Enter the amount your office requires and submit once.
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Pricing from $100. Enter the amount your office requires and see your exact price before you take the oath.