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Texas staff leasing / PEO bonds.
$750 flat.
A Texas staff leasing service, now called a professional employer organization (PEO), can cover a shortfall in its financial-security requirement with a surety bond filed with the Department of Licensing and Regulation. This is the $75,000 tier. Ours is $750 flat, set by our carrier's rate book.
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Three steps to licensed.
Your PEO license is waiting on this bond. Here's the entire process — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
Business details, owner information, a few commercial questions, and an effective date — plus a one-time consent to a quick soft credit check.
Approved
Most are approved as soon as you apply. The credit check is a soft pull that never affects your score — never a hard inquiry. If it needs a second look, one to two business days at most.
E-sign & file with TDLR
Pay online and receive the executed bond ready to file with your staff leasing / PEO license application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the financial-security bond actually guarantees
Texas licenses staff leasing services — professional employer organizations (PEOs) — through the Department of Licensing and Regulation under Labor Code Chapter 91. A PEO co-employs a client's workers and takes on payroll, payroll taxes, benefits, and workers' compensation. The state requires each licensee to demonstrate financial responsibility.
Labor Code §91.014 requires positive working capital in an amount set by the licensee's number of covered employees, and lets a PEO make up any shortfall with a bond, letter of credit, guaranty, or other security acceptable to the department. A surety bond is the common choice because it doesn't tie up the full amount in cash. This $75,000 bond is one of the tiers that applies.
It is not insurance for you. If the surety pays a claim — for unpaid wages, taxes, or other Chapter 91 obligations — you repay the surety. The bond protects the state and the PEO's client businesses; keep your obligations current and it stays a license formality.
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One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a quick soft credit check. Submit once and your bond is issued when you pay.
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$750 flat, short application, bond issued when you pay. Free until issued.