Elkhorn mobile home park bonds.
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Every original and renewal mobile home park license application in the City of Elkhorn must come with a surety bond or letter of credit of $1,000 for each 50 mobile homes or fraction of 50, under Elkhorn Municipal Code § 12.11(2)(c). A surety specialist sizes the bond and quotes the premium, usually within one business day.
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How much does an Elkhorn mobile home park 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.
From home count to a licensed park.
Elkhorn will not consider an original or renewal park license application without the bond or a letter of credit attached. Here is the whole process with a bond:
Apply online
Your entity type, business address, owner and contact, the effective date, and the bond amount for your park — a $1,000 bond for each 50 mobile homes or fraction. If you are unsure of the figure, tell us your home count and we size it.
A specialist quotes it
A surety specialist confirms the amount against the ordinance and returns your exact premium. Nothing is charged until you accept the quote.
E-sign & file with your license application
Accept, pay, and receive the executed bond with its power of attorney, payable to the City of Elkhorn. File it with the City Clerk alongside your license application; renewals are due by April 1 for the license year that starts May 1.
What it is and who needs it.
What the Elkhorn mobile home park bond guarantees
Section 12.11 of the Elkhorn Municipal Code regulates mobile homes and mobile home parks. Section 12.11(2)(b) provides that no person shall construct, maintain, or operate a mobile home park in the City without a license issued by the Council, and that the original application is made on a form prescribed by the Common Council and filed with the City Clerk. A “mobile home park” under § 12.11(1)(e) is any plot of ground on which two or more units occupied for dwelling or sleeping are located, whether or not a charge is made — so even a small park needs the license.
The bond requirement is § 12.11(2)(c). Each application for an original or renewal license must be accompanied by a surety bond or letter of credit in the sum of $1,000 for each 50 mobile homes or fraction thereof. In practice that is a $1,000 bond for 1 to 50 homes, a $2,000 bond for 51 to 100, a $3,000 bond for 101 to 150, and so on. A letter of credit is an accepted alternative, but a surety bond does not tie up your bank credit line.
The bond guarantees two things. First, that the licensee collects the monthly parking permit fee from each mobile home and pays it to the City Treasurer. Under § 12.11(7)(a), that fee is payable by the licensee on or before the tenth of the following month, whether or not it was collected from the home owner. The fee is the state’s monthly municipal permit fee under Wis. Stat. § 66.0435(3)(c). Second, it guarantees payment of any fine or forfeiture, including legal costs, levied against the licensee for violating § 12.11 — the forfeitures and prosecution costs set out in the section’s penalty subsection, § 12.11(9).
It is a three-party arrangement — you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Elkhorn (the obligee). If the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety; it is not insurance for your park. The license year runs from May 1 to April 30 under § 12.11(2)(e), renewal applications are due by April 1, and because a bond must go with every renewal application, keep it in force and sized to your current home count each year.
Two points trip up applicants. First, this is not the appeal bond: if the Council revokes or suspends a license, § 12.11(2)(k) allows an appeal to the Walworth County Circuit Court only with a separate surety bond filed with the City Clerk. Second, the City license is not the only one — Wisconsin’s Department of Safety and Professional Services separately permits manufactured home communities, and the City bond does not satisfy that.
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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
E-sign & file with your license application. Accept, pay, and receive the executed bond with its power of attorney, payable to the City of Elkhorn. File it with the City Clerk alongside your license application; renewals are due by April 1 for the license year that starts May 1.
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.
One application, one underwriting review.
These are the actual application fields — your entity type, business address, owner and contact, the effective date, and the bond amount for your park. Submit once and a surety specialist confirms the amount and returns your quote, typically within one business day. Free until issued.
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Get the bond your Elkhorn park license is waiting on.
The City will not consider your license application without it. Apply once and a specialist sizes the bond and returns your quote, typically within one business day. Free until issued.