AZ private investigator bonds.
$100 flat.
Arizona requires a private investigator agency to file a fixed $2,500 bond with the Department of Public Safety to get licensed — ours is $100 flat, set by our carrier’s rate book for this bond. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit review of any kind, not even a soft pull.
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Three steps. One sitting.
License bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with DPS
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your DPS private investigator agency license. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
An Arizona private investigator agency bond is a public-protection guarantee. You investigate on behalf of clients, and the state wants a financial backstop that the agency conducts its business honestly and faithfully under Arizona's private investigator law.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the people of the State of Arizona through the Department of Public Safety (the obligee). The bond protects clients and the public against wrongful acts by the principal, a partner, a private investigator, agent, or employee of the agency.
The DPS agency license runs two years, and the bond must stay active for the life of the license. We track it and notify you 60 and 30 days before expiration, keeping your $2,500 filing continuous so your agency license never lapses.
You need this bond if you're
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →Common questions.
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Finish your PI agency license today.
$100 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.