Colorado out-of-state school agent bonds.
$500 flat.
When you apply for an agent permit to represent a private occupational school located outside Colorado, the state requires a $50,000 surety bond under C.R.S. 23-64-121. Ours is $500 flat, set by our carrier for this specific bond. A quick soft credit check may apply on approval; it never affects your score. Issued when you pay.
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How much does a Colorado out-of-state school agent bond cost?
$500 at the $50,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps to permitted.
Your agent permit is waiting on this bond. Here's the entire process — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
Business details, agent information, effective date. That is the application — the only extra step is a one-time consent to a soft credit check.
Approved
Most are approved as soon as you apply. One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score. If it needs a second look, one to two business days at most.
E-sign & file with the Division
Pay online and receive the executed bond ready to file with your agent permit application at the Division of Private Occupational Schools. Wet-ink originals mailed when the state insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Colorado regulates private occupational schools through the Division of Private Occupational Schools, part of the Department of Higher Education. When someone applies for an agent's permit to represent a school located outside Colorado, the application must be accompanied by a $50,000 surety bond.
The bond is a student-protection guarantee: it is payable to students (or their parents or guardians) who lose tuition or fees because of a deceptive trade or sales practice by the agent. It is a three-party arrangement between you (the principal), the surety, and the state and its students as the protected parties.
This is a blanket bond — it covers your agent activity rather than a single transaction. If a harmed student recovers against the bond and the surety pays, you repay the surety. Agents who represent schools honestly treat it as a permit formality.
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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 $50,000 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
E-sign & file with the Division. Pay online and receive the executed bond ready to file with your agent permit application at the Division of Private Occupational Schools. Wet-ink originals mailed when the state insists.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $500 at the $50,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit check. Submit once and your bond is issued when you pay.
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$500 flat, short application, bond issued when you pay. Free until issued.