GA securities issuer bonds.
$250 flat.
Georgia’s securities laws are administered by the Commissioner of Securities — the Secretary of State — through the Securities Division, which 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, the price you see is the checkout price, and it issues the moment you pay. The application collects no credit information.
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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 whole application — no financial statements and no credit section.
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statute is the Georgia Uniform Securities Act of 2008 (O.C.G.A. Chapter 10-5), which took effect on 1 July 2009 and repealed the older Georgia Securities Act of 1973.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 authorised 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 licence 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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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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$250 flat, issued the moment you pay, no credit section in the application. Free until issued.