Washington injunction & TRO bonds.
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A Washington court won’t enter a restraining order or preliminary injunction until you give security. The bond protects the party you’re enjoining if the injunction turns out wrongful. The court fixes the sum — and we underwrite it. A surety specialist reviews your file and returns a quote, usually within one business day.
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How much does a Washington injunction & TRO bond cost?
It is underwritten. The carrier’s base rate is 2% of the bond amount; the underwriter sets your premium from the amount, your credit and any collateral.
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A court that grants a TRO or preliminary injunction usually fixes the security at the same time and gives you days to post it. Here is the whole process:
Send us the file
Apply online with the order fixing the security, the parties, and the sum the court set. If the order isn’t entered yet, send the motion and the amount you expect.
A surety specialist underwrites it
A specialist reviews the order, your financials, and any collateral, then returns a quote. The amount is fixed by the court — underwriting decides approval and any collateral, not the penal sum.
Execute & file
Once you bind, we issue the executed bond on the court’s required form with the power of attorney attached, ready to file with the clerk so the injunction can take effect.
How an injunction bond works, and what to have ready.
Why the court asks for it
You are asking the court to order someone to stop, or start, doing something before the case is decided. The court requires a bond before that order takes effect.
Who it protects
The party the order restrains. If the court later finds the order should not have been granted, they can recover the costs and damages it caused them, 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 court's order granting the injunction or restraining order, with the bond amount it sets
- The court, case number and the parties' names
- The complaint or motion that asked for the order
- Financial statements for the person or business posting the bond
- Your attorney's name and contact details
What it is and who needs it.
Why the court demands security
A preliminary injunction or TRO freezes the other side before the case is decided. If that injunction later proves wrongful, the enjoined party has been harmed — so Washington requires the moving party to put up security first.
The injunction bond guarantees the enjoined party’s costs and damages get paid if the injunction is dissolved or shown to have been wrongfully entered. The court fixes the sum it considers proper for that risk.
Because the surety stands behind that amount, a large penal sum can require collateral and financials. The State of Washington, municipal corporations, and political subdivisions are exempt from giving security under CR 65(c). We size and underwrite to whatever the order specifies.
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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 court’s required form with the power of attorney attached, ready to file with the clerk so the injunction can take effect.
What sets the price
Court bonds are underwritten. The carrier's base rate for this bond is 2% 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 order fixing the security, the parties, 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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Post the security and keep your injunction in force.
Send us the order and a surety specialist sizes, underwrites, and quotes the bond — typically within one business day. Free until your bond is issued.