When a Texas title insurance agent doesn't meet minimum capitalization with cash or assets, it can post a surety bond instead — filed with the Texas Department of Insurance on form PC417 under Insurance Code §2651.012. Pricing is 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum; your exact price appears at the application.
















No underwriting queue for the standard min-cap bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the TDI. Here is the whole thing:
Your business details, the bond amount TDI required, and the effective date — that is the entire application. The application collects no credit information.
Most bonds generate as soon as you pay. Larger amounts may get a quick review — and
Submit the executed bond on form PC417 to demonstrate your minimum capitalization. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the department insists.
Texas licenses title insurance agents through the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) under Insurance Code §2651.012, which requires an agent to maintain a minimum level of capitalization. An agent can meet it with cash, deposits, real estate, liquid assets, a letter of credit — or a surety bond.
The Minimum Capitalization Bond (TDI form PC417) is one accepted way to demonstrate that requirement. The bond amount equals the capitalization you must show under §2651.012(c)(1)–(4), so it's variable — set by the population of the county holding your principal office rather than a single statewide figure.
The bond runs to the benefit of the Department and the people it protects, and the surety may cancel on 60 days' written notice to TDI. If a covered claim is paid, you repay the surety — it is not insurance for you. Enter the amount on your TDI requirement and we price it from a $100 minimum, with your exact price shown at application.
Submit the application with the bond amount TDI required — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file on form PC417.
Start the application →Pricing from $100. Enter the amount TDI required and file the same day.