AR agent of the issuer bonds.
$375 flat.
Arkansas requires an individual who sells securities directly for an issuer — an agent of the issuer — to maintain a $25,000 surety bond as a condition of registering with the Arkansas Securities Department. The Securities Commissioner requires the bond under Ark. Code Ann. § 23-42-305, and the Commissioner's rules set the amount. Ours is $375 flat, the price you see is the checkout price, and the bond issues the moment you pay. Any credit screen is a soft pull only — it never affects your score.
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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 entire application — no financials, and any credit screen is a soft pull that never shows as a hard inquiry.
Pay & e-sign
This bond is checkout-priced at $375 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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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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$375 flat, issued the moment you pay, soft pull only. Free until issued.