Texas — Combative Sports Promoter Bond
Texas's professional-promoter instructions require two $15,000 bonds: one for event obligations excluding gross-receipts taxes, and another for those taxes. Do not assume one purchase supplies both instruments.
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- Recorded state
- Texas
- Bond type
- Boxing / MMA Promoter Bond
- Category
- Entertainment, sports & recreation
What this bond does
TDLR separates event-obligation security from tax security. Its posted Combative Sports Promoter Bond names the State of Texas and describes damages, restitution of expenses and reasonable attorney's fees resulting from the promoter's operation under Chapter 2052.
- Who needs it
- The actual professional combative-sports promoter applying to TDLR. Amateur association registration is a different process; match the applicant and requested undertaking rather than treating the general sports label as permission for either role.
- Who it protects
- The posted form allows a person injured or aggrieved by a covered violation of the principal or representatives to sue on the bond. It permits successive recovery but caps aggregate liability at the face value. TDLR's separate tax-security requirement is not erased by that remedy.
Your bond option
This is the option on record for this bond.
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The bond amount describes the limit of the bond obligation, not the price. A listed amount does not establish what the requesting party requires. The premium is what you pay and must be confirmed for the actual option. An E&O limit, where listed, is separate errors and omissions insurance.
Sources
- Texas TDLR: apply for a professional promoter license (opens in a new tab)Checked October 26, 2026
- Texas: Combative Sports Promoter Bond and affidavit (opens in a new tab)Checked October 26, 2026
- Texas Occupations Code Chapter 2052: bond provisions (opens in a new tab)Checked October 26, 2026
Have these ready
- Obtain TDLR's current professional-promoter request identifying both secured obligations.
- Confirm which instrument the application issues and which additional filing is still needed.
- Match the State obligee, actual applicant, each $15,000 request and effective dates.
- Confirm annual filing and current cancellation/continued-maintenance directions.
- Prepare applicable corporate signatures and bonding-company affidavit, then complete licensing, orientation and event requirements.
Questions about this bond
Is one $15,000 bond enough for both obligations?
TDLR's instructions call for two bonds, separating event obligations from gross-receipts taxes. Confirm the instruments issued and accepted; one purchase or a combined total does not establish both filings.
Does the four-year language create a four-year purchase option?
No. It concerns continued maintenance after a specified trigger. The posted page and form use different triggers, so obtain current TDLR directions for the accepted undertaking.
Does continuing bond wording remove annual filing?
Section 2052.109 expressly requires a new bond filed annually. Follow current TDLR filing instructions rather than assuming a continuing document alone completes the annual requirement.