Wisconsin manufactured home dealer bonds, 51+ homes.
$500 flat.
Wisconsin licenses manufactured home dealers through the Department of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS), and conditions the license on a surety bond filed on form SBD-10679. At the $50,000 security level, ours is $500 flat — the price you see is the checkout price. A quick soft credit check may apply; the bond is issued when you pay.
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How much does a Wisconsin manufactured home dealer bond cost?
$500 at the $50,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps to licensed.
Your DSPS dealer license is waiting on this bond. Here is the entire process — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
Business details, owner information, effective date. The only extra step is a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Approved
Most are approved as soon as you apply. Any credit check that runs is a soft pull that never affects your score. If it needs a second look, one to two business days at most.
E-sign & file with DSPS
Pay online and receive the executed bond on form SBD-10679, ready to file with your manufactured home dealer application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Wisconsin regulates manufactured home dealers under §101.951 and the Department of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS), which conditions the dealer license on financial security. The bond is a consumer-protection guarantee: it stands behind your compliance with Wisconsin manufactured housing law and protects buyers who are harmed by a dealer’s violation.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier standing behind you, and the State of Wisconsin together with harmed buyers (the protected parties). DSPS lets a dealer satisfy the requirement with a surety bond on form SBD-10679 or, alternatively, a financial statement showing the required net worth.
At 51 or more homes a year, $50,000 is the broker tier (Table 305.323-2); a non-broker dealer at that volume posts $100,000 under Table 305.323-1, and we write that form too. If you are unsure which figure DSPS assigned to your license, send us your application and we will confirm before issuing — we would rather get the amount right than guess.
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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 $50,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen 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
E-sign & file with DSPS. Pay online and receive the executed bond on form SBD-10679, ready to file with your manufactured home dealer application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $500 at the $50,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or 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. One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score. Submit once and your bond is issued when you pay.
Start the application →Common questions.
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$500 flat, short application, bond issued when you pay. Free until issued.