Hawaii detective & guard bonds.
$100 flat.
Hawaii conditions a private detective, guard, or agency license on a $5,000 bond filed with the Board of Private Detectives and Guards under HRS chapter 463. The price is $100 flat — the checkout price is the price you pay.
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How much does a Hawaii detective & guard bond cost?
$100 at the $5,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
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 is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the Board
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with the Board of Private Detectives and Guards. The bond includes a 30-day cancellation notice to the Board. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Hawaii licenses private detectives, guards, and their agencies through the Board of Private Detectives and Guards under HRS chapter 463, and conditions each license on a $5,000 surety bond. The bond is conditioned on the honest conduct of the business of the licensee.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State (the obligee). Any person injured by the willful, malicious, or wrongful act of the licensee may bring an action on the bond in the person's own name — and if the surety pays, you repay the surety.
The bond must stay active for your license. The surety must give the Board at least 30 days' written notice before any cancellation, and termination of the bond suspends the license until a replacement is filed — so we track it and send renewal notices ahead of expiration.
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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 $5,000 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 Board. Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with the Board of Private Detectives and Guards. The bond includes a 30-day cancellation notice to the Board. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $5,000 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. No credit check.
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$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.