Arkansas amusement machine bonds.
$100 flat.
Before Arkansas issues or renews a coin-operated amusement machine operator license, the operator must file a $6,000 surety bond with the Department of Finance and Administration under Ark. Code Ann. § 26-57-411. The price is $100 flat, issued instantly — and no credit check.
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How much does an Arkansas amusement machine bond cost?
$100 at the $6,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
Tax bonds this size are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Tax bonds this size are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with DFA
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your amusement machine operator license application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
An Arkansas amusement machine operator bond is a tax-payment guarantee. Under Ark. Code Ann. § 26-57-411, before the Director of the Department of Finance and Administration issues or renews an operator license, the applicant must procure a $6,000 surety bond.
The bond insures the faithful and prompt payment of all sales, use, or privilege taxes that become due from operating the licensed business, and secures the operator's other duties under the coin-operated amusements subchapter. If the operator fails to remit, the state can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a tax claim, you repay the surety. The bond must stay active for as long as you hold the operator license, so we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the $6,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
File with DFA. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your amusement machine operator license application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $6,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
No credit check.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields. No credit check.
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$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.