Colorado investment adviser bonds.
$150 flat.
The Colorado Division of Securities requires a state-registered investment adviser with discretionary authority or custody of client funds to meet minimum net-worth thresholds under the Colorado Securities Act. An adviser who doesn't meet them files a surety bond, with $10,000 the standard amount. Ours is $150 flat.
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How much does a Colorado investment adviser bond cost?
$150 at the $10,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
Investment adviser bonds are among the simplest filings in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Firm details, an effective date, and a term. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
This bond is checkout-priced at $150 flat, so it issues the moment you pay — your executed bond and power of attorney generate on the spot.
File with the Division of Securities
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your adviser registration at the Colorado Division of Securities. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Colorado registers state-covered investment advisers through the Division of Securities under the Colorado Securities Act (C.R.S. Title 11, Article 51). The Securities Commissioner's rules impose financial-responsibility standards on advisers with discretionary authority over client accounts or custody of client funds or securities — minimum liquid net worth, or a surety bond when the adviser doesn't meet the threshold. The standard bond is $10,000.
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 Securities Act and the Commissioner's rules — the fiduciary, custody, and conduct standards that protect advisory clients.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The bond must stay on file for as long as the net-worth shortfall persists and you exercise discretion or custody; 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 $10,000 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 Securities. Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your adviser registration at the Colorado Division of Securities. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $150 at the $10,000 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 — firm details, an effective date, and a term. That is the entire application.
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$150 flat, issued the moment you pay, no credit check. Free until issued.