Washington trustee bonds.
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When the trust instrument or a court requires it, a trustee must give bond. It secures the faithful performance of the trustee’s fiduciary duties. The court sets the amount to protect the beneficiaries — 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 trustee bond cost?
It is underwritten: the premium is quoted from the bond amount and your financial picture, so there is no flat price to show.
Built for the order requiring bond.
When a trust instrument requires a bond, or a court orders one to protect the beneficiaries, that bond gates the trustee’s authority to act. Here is the whole process:
Send us the file
Apply online with the trust provision or order requiring the bond, the trust’s value, and the trustee’s details. The value of the trust drives the penal sum.
A surety specialist underwrites it
A specialist reviews the file, a credit check, and any financials, then returns a quote. The amount is set by the court — underwriting decides approval and any collateral on a large trust.
Execute & file
Once you bind, we issue the executed bond on the required form with the power of attorney attached, ready to file so the trustee can act with full authority.
How a trustee bond works, and what to have ready.
Why it is required
A court, or the trust itself, requires the trustee to post a bond before managing the trust's money or property.
Who it protects
The trust's beneficiaries. If the trustee mishandles the trust, they can recover the loss from the bond, up to the bond amount.
If there is a claim
The surety pays a valid claim and the trustee repays the surety.
Have these ready
- The court order or trust document that requires the bond, with the amount
- The court and case number, if a court is involved
- A summary of the trust's assets
- Your attorney's name and contact details
What it is and who needs it.
When a trustee must be bonded
A trustee holds and manages trust property for the beneficiaries. Washington doesn’t bond every trustee — but when the trust instrument requires it, or a court finds a bond is needed to protect the beneficiaries, the trustee must give bond.
The trustee bond secures the faithful performance of the trustee’s duties: investing prudently, accounting honestly, and distributing as the trust directs. If the trustee breaches those duties, the bond makes the beneficiaries whole and the surety looks to the trustee to repay it.
Because the surety stands behind the trust, the bond is underwritten on the trustee’s credit and finances, and a large trust can require collateral. A court acting under TEDRA (chapter 11.96A RCW) has plenary power over trust matters, and under RCW 48.28.020 the reasonable premium paid to an authorized surety insurer is allowed as a lawful expense. 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 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
Term and renewal are set in the underwriter's quote.
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 required form with the power of attorney attached, ready to file so the trustee can act with full authority.
What sets the price
This bond is underwritten: the premium is quoted from the bond amount and your financial picture, so there is no flat price to show.
The application takes about ten minutes.
These are the actual underwriting fields — the trust provision or order, the trust’s value, the trustee, and your finances. Submit once and a surety specialist returns a quote, typically within one business day. Free until your bond is issued.
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Get bonded and administer the trust.
Send us the order or trust provision and the trust’s value, and a surety specialist sizes, underwrites, and quotes the bond — typically within one business day. Free until your bond is issued.