TX public official bonds.
From $100. Apply to see your price.
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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Enter your amount, consent to a soft pull, and you have the executed official bond. Here is the whole thing:
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Your details, the office you hold or are entering, the bond amount required, and the effective date — that is the entire application, plus a one-time soft-pull consent.
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Most clear quickly; if underwriting needs anything, you hear from an underwriter within 48 hours. The credit check is a soft pull that never affects your score.
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.
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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.