Georgia securities issuer bonds.
$250 flat.
The Securities Division of Georgia’s Commissioner of Securities, the Secretary of State, can condition a registration on a $25,000 surety bond running to the State of Georgia. The issuer’s bond is the version filed by a company selling its own securities here. Ours is $250 flat.
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How much does a Georgia securities issuer bond cost?
$250 at the $25,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
The issuer’s bond is one of the simplest things in a Georgia securities filing. Here is the entire process:
Apply online
Business details, your state of organization, an effective date, and a term. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
This bond is checkout-priced at $250 flat, so it issues the moment you pay — your executed bond and power of attorney generate on the spot.
File with the Securities Division
Your bond arrives by email, ready to file with the Commissioner of Securities at the Secretary of State’s office alongside the registration it supports. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Georgia securities regulation lives with the Commissioner of Securities — the Secretary of State — operating through the Securities Division. The governing statute is the Georgia Uniform Securities Act of 2008 (O.C.G.A. Chapter 10-5), which took effect on 1 July 2009 and repealed the older Georgia Securities Act of 1973. O.C.G.A. § 10-5-40 lets the Commissioner impose financial requirements — insurance, a surety bond, or another satisfactory form of security, capped at $25,000 — on a registrant that has custody of or discretionary authority over a customer’s funds or securities. The Division’s own rule, Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 590-4-5-.08, pegs that bond at $25,000 and lifts it for a registrant carrying a minimum net worth of $250,000 or meeting the FINRA/SEC criteria in the rule.
The bond form itself explains the mechanics better than any summary. The principal and a corporate surety authorized in Georgia are bound unto the State of Georgia, for the use and benefit of any interested person damaged by a breach of the conditions, in the penal sum of $25,000 — and the form is explicit that aggregate liability never exceeds that sum regardless of how many claimants appear. The condition is faithful compliance with the securities act and with the rules, regulations, and orders issued by the Commissioner of Securities. It is not insurance for you: if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety.
Timing matters more here than on most license bonds, because Georgia securities registration runs on a calendar year. Registrations expire at midnight on 31 December, renewals are filed between 1 October and 31 December, and a renewal only takes effect once the Commissioner has confirmation that the fees are paid and the required bond is on file. A bond that lapses between the expiry date and the renewal taking effect leaves the registrant without authority to transact. We track the term and send renewal notices 60 and 30 days out so the filing stays continuous.
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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 $25,000 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 Securities Division. Your bond arrives by email, ready to file with the Commissioner of Securities at the Secretary of State’s office alongside the registration it supports. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $250 at the $25,000 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 — business details, your state of organization, an effective date, and a term. That is the entire application.
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