Savannah detective & alarm bonds.
$100 flat.
To operate a private detective agency or an alarm system business inside the City of Savannah, the code's private-detective-and-alarm-company article conditions your license on a $1,000 surety bond — ours is $100 flat, and the price you see is the checkout price. No credit check.
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How much does a Savannah detective & alarm bond cost?
$100 at the $1,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
A city detective/alarm company bond is about 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 lengthy underwriting file.
Pay & e-sign
Bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the City of Savannah
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your detective agency or alarm company license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
The City of Savannah's Code of Ordinances devotes a dedicated article to private detectives, security services, and alarm system businesses. Before it will license a detective agency or an alarm company to operate in the city, the code conditions that license on a $1,000 surety bond.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Savannah (the obligee), with clients and the general public as the protected parties. If a licensed detective agency or alarm company violates the licensing ordinance or harms a client through its conduct, a claim can be brought against the bond up to the $1,000 penal sum.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The bond must stay current for as long as the agency or alarm business holds its city license, so plan on renewing it alongside your license every year.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the $1,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
File with the City of Savannah. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your detective agency or alarm company license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $1,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
No credit check.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields for this bond — a short business application, no lengthy credit file.
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License your Savannah detective or alarm business with the bond in hand.
$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.