The dedicated court bond underwriting platform of Surety One, Inc. We write appellate, plaintiff, defendant, fiduciary, admiralty, and administrative court bonds in every U.S. court — federal, state, territorial. Standard and non-standard programs. Same-day issuance for qualified files. Three decades of practice in the appellate and lien instruments other carriers decline.
A court bond is a three-party agreement. The principal is the party required to post the bond — usually because a court has ordered it or a statute requires it. The obligee is the party being protected. The surety stands behind the principal's obligation with real capital, paying the obligee up to the bond limit if the principal defaults. The principal reimburses the surety under an indemnity agreement.
That structure is simple. What gets complicated is the statutory and procedural framework around it. A Texas supersedeas bond is not a California supersedeas bond. Texas caps the bond at the lesser of half the debtor's net worth or $25 million under §52.006. California uses 1.5× the judgment with no cap under CCP §917.1. Florida caps at $50 million under §45.045. Each state has its own form, its own filing court, its own procedural sequence. The bond that won't clear in Houston is the bond that wasn't drafted to Texas requirements — not a bond from the wrong surety.
Our practice is built around that statutory variation. We manuscript every court bond to the specific requirements of the receiving court. We underwrite to the controlling statute. We file on the timelines the rules require. And we maintain standard and non-standard programs so that difficult placements get placed — credit-challenged principals, contested matters, non-resident plaintiffs, family-member fiduciaries, sole-practitioner counsel and Fortune 500 in-house teams alike.
Three practices dominate our court bond volume:
Most of our client work comes through the attorneys handling the underlying litigation. We are built to support that workflow.
Four underwriting desks handle the four bond categories, each staffed by underwriters with deep statutory fluency in their practice. The appellate desk knows the supersedeas caps state-by-state. The defendant desk knows the mechanic's lien multipliers and the counter-security deadlines. The plaintiff desk treats TROs and emergency replevins as same-day work. The fiduciary desk handles the non-standard placements that take time to underwrite right.
Direct underwriter contact — counsel can reach the underwriter handling their file directly, by name and by direct line. No bond producer between counsel and decision-maker.
Same-day issuance for qualified files. 7/52/365 after-hours and weekend coverage for time-sensitive emergency work.
See the For Attorneys page for our underwriting team, our process, and our commitment to the practitioners who retain us.
Send the controlling document — judgment, motion, order, lien, appointing order. Our underwriters open the file and respond immediately, 7/52/365.