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Texas real estate school bonds.
$200 flat.
Texas requires a provider that seeks TREC accreditation as a real estate school to file a $20,000 surety bond with the Texas Real Estate Commission. Ours is $200 flat — the price you see is the checkout price. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit check.
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Three steps. One sitting.
School 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 TREC
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your TREC school accreditation application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
A real estate school bond is a student-protection guarantee. Your students pay tuition up front for the courses they need to get licensed — Texas wants a financial backstop that the school will deliver the education it promised and handle that tuition honestly.
It's a three-party arrangement: the school (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Texas through TREC (the obligee), with your students as the protected parties. If a school closes mid-course, fails to deliver the contracted education, or mishandles tuition, a harmed student can recover against the bond.
The bond must stay active for as long as you hold accreditation. Let it lapse and TREC can act against your school's standing — so we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out, keeping your $20,000 filing continuous.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A court bond answers to the court and the party its order protects: if the judgment or order the bond secures is not satisfied, that party can claim against it, up to the penal sum the court set.
The surety pays a valid claim after the court rules, and you repay the surety. A court 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 TREC. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your TREC school accreditation application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $200 at the $20,000 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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$200 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.