Colorado appraisal management company bonds.
$250 flat.
Colorado requires every registered appraisal management company to file a $25,000 bond with the Division of Real Estate. Ours is $250 flat — set by our carrier’s rate book for this bond, the same for every AMC. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit check.
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How much does a Colorado appraisal management company bond cost?
$250 at the $25,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
AMC registration bonds are among the simplest in surety. Here’s the entire process:
Apply online
Company details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Fixed-amount registration bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the Division of Real Estate
Your executed $25,000 bond arrives by email, ready to file with your AMC registration or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
An appraisal management company hires and oversees independent appraisers for lenders. Federal law (Dodd-Frank) directs states to register and supervise AMCs, and Colorado does so through the Division of Real Estate (Department of Regulatory Agencies), conditioning registration on a $25,000 surety bond.
The bond is a consumer-and-appraiser-protection guarantee. Its aggregate liability is capped at $25,000, and it backs the AMC’s compliance with the law — including damages someone suffers from the AMC’s fraud, forgery, criminal impersonation, or fraudulent impersonation while operating as an appraisal management company.
It is not insurance for you. If the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The bond runs one year and renews annually, and the surety can cancel on 30 days’ written notice to the AMC and the Division — so keeping it continuous keeps your registration intact.
You need this bond if you are
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 Division of Real Estate. Your executed $25,000 bond arrives by email, ready to file with your AMC registration or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $250 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.
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$250 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.