CT secondhand dealer's bonds.
$300. Five minutes.
Connecticut conditions a secondhand dealer's license on a $10,000 surety bond under CGS 21-47d — ours is $300 flat, which is 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 your licensing authority
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the local police department or, where there is none, the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection. 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
A secondhand dealer's bond is a public-protection guarantee. Connecticut licenses dealers in used goods — secondhand articles, certain electronics and metals — and wants a financial backstop that you'll run the business honestly and follow the rules that come with handling used and potentially stolen property.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the licensing authority together with the public (the protected parties). The bond is conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties and obligations of the business — if a dealer breaches those duties and someone is harmed, they can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The bond must stay active for the life of your license, so we track it 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.