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Texas timber permit bonds.
$150 flat.
Texas lets timber haulers run heavier loads — up to 84,000 pounds — under a timber permit, and conditions it on a $15,000 bond covering damage to county roads and bridges. Ours is $150 flat — issued instantly, 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.
Your timber permit is waiting on this bond. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. No credit check in this application, no financials, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
Fixed transport bonds like this are among the bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with TxDMV
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with TxDMV's timber-permitting office. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the timber permit bond actually covers
Texas lets a vehicle hauling unrefined timber — logs, wood chips, woody biomass, or the equipment used to load them — operate at a higher gross weight (up to 84,000 pounds) in the state's timber-producing counties under a permit governed by Transportation Code §623.321, issued by TxDMV. The heavier loads put extra stress on rural roads and bridges, so a $15,000 bond is required.
The bond is a road-and-bridge-damage guarantee: it is conditioned on the owner paying TxDMV, and any municipality whose streets the vehicle uses, for damage the permitted vehicle causes — up to the $15,000 limit. It runs among you (the principal), the surety, and the state and counties as beneficiaries.
A related provision (§623.323) requires notifying affected counties before hauling. If the surety pays a damage claim, you repay the surety — operators who route carefully and file the required county notifications treat the bond as a permit 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 $15,000 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
File with TxDMV. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with TxDMV's timber-permitting office. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $150 at the $15,000 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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$150 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.