OH tenant lease bonds.
From $100. Enter your amount.
A tenant lease bond is a security-deposit alternative — a surety bond a landlord may agree to accept instead of a cash deposit, so you keep your move-in money. It is a contractual arrangement, not an Ohio state requirement. Enter the amount your lease or landlord names and pricing starts from $100.
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No long underwriting queue — enter your amount, consent to a possible soft pull, and you have the executed bond. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your details, the bond amount your lease requires, and the effective date — plus a one-time consent to a soft credit pull if one applies.
Reviewed & approved
Most clear quickly; a soft credit pull, if it runs, informs approval and never affects your score. If underwriting needs anything, you hear within 48 hours.
Deliver to your landlord
Pay online and receive the executed bond, ready to give your landlord in place of the cash deposit. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the tenant lease bond actually does
A tenant lease bond lets a renter post a surety bond instead of a cash security deposit, when the landlord agrees to accept one. Instead of handing over a full deposit up front, you pay a smaller one-time premium and the surety stands behind your lease obligations to the landlord.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and your landlord (the obligee). If you damage the unit beyond normal wear, leave unpaid rent, or otherwise breach the lease, the landlord can claim against the bond — and if the surety pays, you repay the surety. It is not refundable like a cash deposit, and it is not renter’s insurance.
This is a contractual product, not an Ohio legal mandate. Ohio landlord-tenant law (ORC Chapter 5321) governs cash security deposits but does not require a bond — a tenant lease bond only applies when a landlord chooses to offer or accept one. Enter the figure your lease names and pricing starts from $100.
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One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull if one applies. Submit once and your bond is typically issued within 1–2 business days.
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Pricing from $100, soft pull only. Enter your amount and deliver it to your landlord.