Colorado private investigator bonds.
From $100.
Colorado no longer runs a statewide private investigator license — the state program ended in 2021. A PI bond today is usually a contractual, client, or local requirement. Whatever amount you have been asked for, the premium is 1% of that amount, with a $100 minimum; your exact price appears at the application.
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How much does a Colorado private investigator bond cost?
1% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
No underwriting queue for the standard PI bond — enter your amount, pay, and you have the executed bond. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount you were asked for, and the effective date — that is the application.
Issued fast
Most applications approve instantly and the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay. No credit check up to $25,000. Above $25,000, a soft pull may add a short review.
Deliver to whoever required it
Submit the executed bond to your client, contract counterparty, or local jurisdiction. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the PI bond actually covers
Colorado ended its Office of Private Investigator Licensure effective August 31, 2021 — there is no longer a statewide PI license, and the licenses issued under it are no longer valid. So unlike most license bonds, a Colorado PI bond is generally not a state mandate today.
When a Colorado investigator is asked for a bond now, it is usually a contractual or client requirement — a corporate client, an agency contract, or a local jurisdiction that conditions work on a surety bond. The bond protects whoever required it against losses from the investigator violating the terms of that engagement.
Because there is no statutory figure anymore, the amount is whatever your contract or jurisdiction names. Enter that figure and we issue the bond with pricing from $100 and no credit check up to $25,000 in the application — same honest pricing as every bond we write.
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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 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.
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
Deliver to whoever required it. Submit the executed bond to your client, contract counterparty, or local jurisdiction. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
No credit check up to $25,000. Above that, the carrier may run a soft pull, which never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, priced fast.
Submit the application with the bond amount you were asked for — your exact price is confirmed there, and the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay.
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Pricing from $100. Enter the amount you were asked for and deliver it the same day.