Georgia securities salesman bonds.
$100 flat.
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A securities salesman, the role the current statute calls an agent, registers in Georgia through the Commissioner of Securities at the Secretary of State’s office, and the Securities Division can condition that registration on a $2,500 surety bond running to the State of Georgia. Ours is $100 flat.
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How much does a Georgia securities salesman bond cost?
$100 at the $2,500 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
An agent-level bond is about the smallest filing in surety. Here is the entire process:
Apply online
Your details plus the name and address of the employer you sell for, an effective date, and a term. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
This bond is checkout-priced at $100 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 go to the Commissioner of Securities with your registration — in practice usually through the employing firm’s compliance desk. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the salesman bond actually guarantees
“Salesman” is the legacy label carried on the bond form. Under the Georgia Uniform Securities Act of 2008 (O.C.G.A. Chapter 10-5, effective 1 July 2009, replacing the Georgia Securities Act of 1973) the same role is an agent: an individual who represents a broker-dealer or an issuer in effecting or attempting to effect purchases or sales of securities. Registration is administered by the Commissioner of Securities — the Secretary of State — through the Securities Division, and it is the Division, not the applicant, that decides when a bond is a condition of registration.
That is why the application asks for the name and address of your employer. An agent registers in connection with a specific broker-dealer or issuer, so the bond identifies the firm you sell for; changing employers is a registration event, and the bond has to match. The obligation itself is the same shape as every bond in this Securities Division family: the principal and a corporate surety are bound unto the State of Georgia, for the use and benefit of any interested person damaged by a breach, conditioned on faithful compliance with the securities act and with the rules, regulations, and orders of the Commissioner. Aggregate liability never exceeds the penal sum, however many claimants appear. It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays, you repay the surety.
Georgia securities registration runs on a calendar year. Broker-dealer and agent registrations expire at midnight on 31 December, renewals go in between 1 October and 31 December, and a renewal is effective only once the Commissioner has confirmation that fees are paid and any required bond is on file. That makes a lapsed bond a live problem rather than a paperwork one: between expiry and effective renewal there is no authority to transact. A one-year term lines up with the calendar cycle; two- and three-year terms exist so the filing cannot quietly fall out from under a renewal.
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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 $2,500 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 go to the Commissioner of Securities with your registration — in practice usually through the employing firm’s compliance desk. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $2,500 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 — your details, the name and address of the employer you sell for, an effective date, and a term.
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Get registered before the 31 December cycle closes.
$100 flat, issued the moment you pay, no credit check. Free until issued.