CT private detective bonds.
$300. Five minutes.
Connecticut requires every private detective and security service license applicant to post a $10,000 surety bond with the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection. Ours is $300 flat — 3% of the bond amount. The application is five minutes, and license bonds like this are the fastest thing we issue.
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Three steps. One sitting.
License 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
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with DESPP
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the State Police Special Licensing and Firearms Unit alongside your license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
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$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
A Connecticut private detective and security service bond is a public-protection guarantee. Investigators and guard services hold sensitive trust, and the state wants a financial backstop that you'll operate within the law that governs detectives, guard services, and security personnel.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Connecticut (the obligee), with anyone you injure as the protected party. The bond is conditioned that the principal not do any act that would merit suspension or revocation of the license — if you do, an injured party can recover against the bond.
The bond must stay active for the life of your license. Connecticut also requires licensees to carry a $300,000 general liability policy, which is separate from this bond. We track the bond and notify you 60 and 30 days out, keeping your $10,000 filing continuous.
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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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$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.