Arkansas agent of the issuer bonds.
$400 flat.
Arkansas requires an individual who sells securities directly for an issuer, an agent of the issuer, to maintain a $25,000 surety bond under Ark. Code Ann. § 23-42-305 as a condition of registering with the Arkansas Securities Department. Ours is $400 flat.
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How much does an Arkansas agent of the issuer bond cost?
$400 at the $25,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
Securities-agent registration bonds are among the simplest filings in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Your details, an effective date, and a term. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
This bond is checkout-priced at $400 flat, so it issues the moment you pay — your executed bond and power of attorney generate on the spot.
File with the Securities Department
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your Form U4 agent registration at the Arkansas Securities Department. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Arkansas registers securities agents through the Arkansas Securities Department under the Arkansas Securities Act. An individual who represents an issuer directly — rather than working through a registered broker-dealer — registers as an agent of the issuer, and Ark. Code Ann. § 23-42-305 directs the Securities Commissioner to require that agent to maintain a surety bond in the amount the Commissioner's rules prescribe: $25,000. Evidence of the bond is filed with the registration itself, alongside the Form U4 and the $75 agent filing fee.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the state (the obligee). The bond stands behind your compliance with the Arkansas Securities Act — by statute, any person with a cause of action under the Act may sue on the bond, and suits can be brought up to five years after the sale or act they're based on. The Commissioner can deny, suspend, or revoke a registration that doesn't keep the bond in place.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Agent registrations renew with the Securities Department, so the bond has to stay continuously on file; we track the term and send renewal notices 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 $25,000 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 the Securities Department. Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your Form U4 agent registration at the Arkansas Securities Department. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $400 at the $25,000 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 — your details, an effective date, and a term. That is the entire application.
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$400 flat, issued the moment you pay, no credit check. Free until issued.