CO paid solicitor bonds.
$450. Five minutes.
Colorado requires every paid solicitor to file a $15,000 bond with the Secretary of State to register under the Charitable Solicitations Act. Ours is $450 flat — 3% of the bond amount, the same for everyone. The application is five minutes, with no credit check on this bond.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Charitable-solicitations bonds are about as simple as surety gets. Here’s the entire process:
Apply online
Business details, your county, entity type, and an effective date. That’s the application — no financials, no credit check section.
Pay & e-sign
Fixed-amount license bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with your registration
Your executed $15,000 bond arrives by email, ready to attach to your paid-solicitor registration or renewal with the Secretary of State. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$15,000 bond × 3% = $450, 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
A “paid solicitor” is a person or firm paid to solicit charitable contributions on behalf of a charity. Colorado regulates them under the Colorado Charitable Solicitations Act (C.R.S. Title 6, Article 16), administered by the Secretary of State, and — since a 2016 amendment — conditions registration on a $15,000 surety bond.
It’s a consumer-protection guarantee. The bond is filed with the Secretary of State, and if that office determines a paid solicitor violated the Charitable Solicitations Act, it can make a claim against the bond. That backstop protects donors and the charities solicitors work for.
It is not insurance for you. If the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Solicitors who follow the Act treat the bond as a registration formality — and the requirement applies to each annual registration, so the bond must stay active while you’re registered.
You need this bond if you are
Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn’t have one.
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$450 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.