HI private detective bonds.
$275. Five minutes.
Hawaii requires a licensed private detective or guard agency to file a bond of not less than $5,000 under HRS chapter 463. At a flat 3% that lands below our floor, so you pay our $275 minimum — and the application is five minutes with 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, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
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 DCCA board
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with the Board of Private Detectives and Guards alongside your license. The form must be notarized by both you and the surety. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
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$5,000 bond × 3% = $150, below our $275 minimum — so the premium is $275 per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
A Hawaii private detective or guard agency bond is a client-protection guarantee. The state licenses your agency through the DCCA under HRS chapter 463 and conditions that license on a bond of not less than $5,000.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Hawaii (the obligee), with your clients and the public as the protected parties. The bond stands behind your honest conduct — it backs against fraud, misrepresentation, or impersonating law enforcement while on the job. If you cause harm, the injured party can recover against the bond, and if the surety pays, you repay the surety.
The bond stays in force for one year unless cancelled or claimed against, and the surety may cancel on 30 days' written notice to the Department. The bond must stay active for your license to stay valid — so we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out.
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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. The bond form is notarized by both you and the surety.
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$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.