CO registered outfitter bonds.
$300. Five minutes.
Colorado requires a registered hunting or fishing outfitter to file a $10,000 bond with the DORA Office of Outfitters Registration. Ours is $300 flat, which is 3% of the bond amount. The application is five minutes, with no credit check on this bond.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Registration bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
Fixed-amount registration 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 bond and continuation certificate arrive by email, ready to file with the Office of Outfitters Registration. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$10,000 bond × 3% = $300, 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 registers hunting and fishing outfitters through the Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA), Office of Outfitters Registration. The registration is conditioned on a $10,000 surety bond standing behind your compliance with Colorado's outfitter laws.
The bond is a client-and-public-protection guarantee: it is a three-party arrangement between you (the principal), the surety, and the state (the obligee), payable to clients harmed by an outfitter violating the registration laws. The surety can continue it year to year with a continuation certificate.
It is separate from your liability insurance. Colorado also requires outfitters to carry general liability coverage ($50,000 per person / $100,000 per accident) — the bond backs your statutory compliance, while insurance covers accidents. If the surety pays a bond claim, you repay the surety.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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Finish your outfitter registration today.
$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.