GA private detective bonds.
$750 flat. Five minutes.
Georgia conditions a private detective or private security business license on a $25,000 surety bond filed with the Board, under O.C.G.A. § 43-38-6. Ours is $750 flat — 3% of the bond amount, identical for every agency. No credit check.
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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.
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 the Board
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your Board of Private Detective & Security Agencies license. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$25,000 bond × 3% = $750, 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
Georgia licenses private detective businesses and private security businesses through the Georgia Board of Private Detective & Security Agencies, and conditions the license on a $25,000 surety bond under O.C.G.A. § 43-38-6.
The bond is executed in favor of the state and pays damages — up to $25,000 — to any person aggrieved by an act of the licensee that violates the chapter and would be grounds to deny, suspend, or revoke the license. It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety, and the state with harmed parties as protected parties.
Georgia allows alternatives to the bond: a commercial liability insurance policy, or a net-worth affidavit showing more than $50,000 in net worth. Most agencies find the $750 bond the simplest path — but if you'd rather use an alternative, the Board accepts those too.
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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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Agency license, one document done.
$750 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.