CO out-of-state school agent bonds.
$1,500 flat. Soft pull.
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 $1,500 flat — 3% of the bond amount. One soft credit pull, e-signed in 1–2 business days.
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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 pull.
Reviewed & approved
Most of these clear quickly; if underwriting needs anything, you hear from an underwriter within 48 hours. The credit check is a soft pull that never affects your score.
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.
The whole pricing page.
$50,000 bond × 3% = $1,500, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
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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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your bond is typically issued within 1–2 business days.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
Do I pay the $50,000? +
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What does "blanket" mean here? +
Is there a credit check? +
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The Division is waiting on one document.
$1,500 flat, five-minute application, e-signed bond in 1–2 business days. Free until issued.