Denver auctioneer bonds.
$100 flat.
The City and County of Denver requires every auctioneer to file a $2,000 surety bond with the Department of Excise and Licenses. Ours is $100 flat — the price you see is the checkout price. No credit check.
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How much does a Denver auctioneer bond cost?
$100 at the $2,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
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 is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Small fixed-amount license bonds like this issue right after purchase.
File with Excise & Licenses
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Denver Department of Excise and Licenses for your auctioneer license. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
The City and County of Denver licenses auctioneers through the Department of Excise and Licenses and conditions the license on a $2,000 surety bond. The bond is a consumer-protection guarantee: it stands behind honest auctions — no fraudulent substitution of goods, no misrepresentation of what is on the block.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City and County of Denver (the obligee), with auction buyers as the protected parties. If an auctioneer defrauds a buyer or violates Denver's auction rules, the harmed buyer can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Denver auction licenses expire annually, so the bond must stay on file for your license to stay valid.
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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 $2,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The bond runs to December 31 whatever day you buy; the premium covers the period to that date.
Renewal falls on the statutory date, December 31, in the year your term ends.
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 Excise & Licenses. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Denver Department of Excise and Licenses for your auctioneer license. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $2,000 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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$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.