Washington aquatic land lease bonds.
From $100.
When you lease state-owned aquatic lands from the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) for more than a year, DNR can require the rent and lease terms to be secured by a bond under RCW 79.105.330 — in an amount up to two years’ rent. Premiums start from $100; a quick soft credit check may apply and never affects your score.
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How much does a Washington aquatic land lease bond cost?
2% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Apply to issued in one sitting.
Enter your amount, consent to a soft pull, and deliver the executed bond to DNR. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your details, the lease, the bond amount DNR requires, and the effective date. The only added step is a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Approved
Most clear quickly. The soft credit pull never affects your score — it informs approval, and premiums are 2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
Deliver to DNR
Submit the executed bond to the Department of Natural Resources as security on your aquatic lands lease. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the aquatic lease bond actually covers
Washington’s Department of Natural Resources manages state-owned aquatic lands — tidelands, shorelands, and the beds of navigable waters — and leases them for marinas, docks, aquaculture, and other water-dependent uses under RCW 79.105.
For any lease of more than one year, RCW 79.105.330 lets DNR require that the rent be secured by insurance, a bond, or other security satisfactory to the department, in an amount not exceeding two years’ rent. DNR may also require additional security for other lease provisions.
The bond runs to DNR (the state) as obligee and stands behind your rent and the obligations in the lease. It is not insurance for you — if DNR makes a valid claim, you repay the surety. We write the amount DNR sets starting from $100, with one soft credit pull that never affects your score.
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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 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The carrier issues this bond for a single one-year term; the term cannot be changed 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
Deliver to DNR. Submit the executed bond to the Department of Natural Resources as security on your aquatic lands lease. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is 2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and deliver the bond to DNR.
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Aquatic lease bond, issued today.
From $100. Enter the amount DNR requires and deliver it the same day.