DC employment agency bonds.
$500 flat.
A DC employment agency files a $50,000 surety bond with the Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection (DLCP) for its employment-services license. Ours is $500 flat — issued instantly, identical for every agency. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit review of any kind, not even a soft pull.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Employment agency license bonds are simple. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Your business details and an effective date. That is the application — no financials, no credit section on this bond.
Pay & e-sign
Fixed-amount license bonds like this often issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with DLCP
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your employment-services license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the employment agency bond actually covers
The District licenses employment agencies through the Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection (DLCP), and conditions the employment-services license on a surety bond. The bond is a consumer-protection guarantee standing behind how an agency handles job seekers and the fees they pay.
The standard bond is $50,000. DLCP’s rules set a higher $100,000 bond for higher-volume, higher-fee agencies — generally where the average fee charged a job seeker is $2,000 or more and the agency contracts with 100 or more job seekers a year. This page is the $50,000 tier; if your agency falls into the higher tier, tell us and we’ll issue the $100,000 bond instead.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the District (the obligee), with job seekers as the protected parties. It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety.
You need this bond if you're
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because this bond doesn’t have one.
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Employment agency bond, issued today.
$500 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.