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Texas replevin & sequestration bonds.
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A replevin bond lets you recover or hold disputed personal property before judgment. A writ of sequestration requires the plaintiff’s bond; the defendant can replevy the property with a bond of their own. The penal sum tracks the property’s value, so a specialist underwrites it and returns a quote, usually within one business day.
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A writ of sequestration can issue once the applicant’s bond is filed, and the defendant’s replevy bond is the gating step to regain possession. Here is the whole process:
Send us the file
Apply online with the application for the writ (or the order setting the replevy amount), a description of the property, and its value. That value drives the bond the court fixes.
A surety specialist underwrites it
A specialist reviews the application, your financials, and any collateral, then returns a quote. The penal sum is set by the court and the property value — underwriting decides approval and collateral.
Execute & file
Once you bind, we issue the executed bond on the form the court requires with the power of attorney attached, ready to file so the clerk can issue the writ or release the property on replevy.
How a replevin bond works, and what to have ready.
Why the court asks for it
You are suing to get back property someone else is holding, and you want it back before the case ends. The court requires a bond before it orders the property taken and returned to you.
Who it protects
The person holding the property. If the court later decides you were not entitled to it, they recover the property or its value, and their damages, up to the bond amount.
If there is a claim
The surety pays a valid claim after the court rules, and you repay the surety.
Have these ready
- The complaint and your motion or application for the writ
- A description of the property and proof of its value, such as an invoice, appraisal or loan papers
- The bond amount the court or statute requires
- The court, case number and the parties' names
- Financial statements, and collateral details for a large amount
- Your attorney's name and contact details
What it is and who needs it.
Why sequestration needs a bond on both sides
In Texas, sequestration (the modern vehicle for replevin) lets a plaintiff have the court seize specific personal property — a vehicle, equipment, inventory — that is in dispute or at risk, before the lawsuit ends, using a writ of sequestration.
Because the property changes hands before a judge decides who is right, Texas requires the plaintiff to file an applicant’s bond that protects the defendant if the seizure turns out to be wrong. The defendant, in turn, can post a replevy bond to keep or regain possession during the case.
Either way the amount the court fixes tracks the value of the property, so the surety underwrites the file and may require collateral on a large penal sum. We tell you what your file needs before you commit.
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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
Term and renewal are set in the underwriter's quote; a court bond usually runs until the case or appeal it secures is resolved.
Keep the bond in force for as long as the obligation behind it runs.
How to file it
Execute & file. Once you bind, we issue the executed bond on the form the court requires with the power of attorney attached, ready to file so the clerk can issue the writ or release the property on replevy.
What sets the price
Court bonds are underwritten. The carrier's base rate for this bond is 1% of the bond amount; the underwriter sets your final premium from the amount the court sets, your credit and any collateral.
The application takes about ten minutes.
These are the actual underwriting fields — the application for the writ (or replevy order), the property and its value, your business, and your financials. Submit once and a surety specialist returns a quote, typically within one business day. Free until your bond is issued.
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Sequester or replevy the property before judgment.
Send us the application and the property value and a surety specialist sizes, underwrites, and quotes the bond — typically within one business day. Free until your bond is issued.