Boise security service bonds.
$100 flat.
Boise requires every licensed private patrol or security service to file a $10,000 fiduciary bond naming the City before the City Clerk's Office will issue the license — ours is $100 flat, and the price you see is the checkout price. No credit check, so most applicants approve instantly.
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How much does a Boise security service bond cost?
$100 at the $10,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
A municipal security-service license bond is about 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
Bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the City Clerk
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with Boise's City Clerk's Office alongside your private patrol or security service license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Boise licenses private patrol services, security services, and security alarm installation services through the City Clerk's Office. Boise City Code, Title 3, Chapter 12 (Private Security Service) conditions that license on a $10,000 fiduciary bond naming the City, in addition to a separate liability insurance requirement.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Boise (the obligee), with the public as the protected party. If a licensed security service's conduct causes harm the bond is meant to cover, a claim can be brought against the bond up to the $10,000 penal sum.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Boise licenses in this chapter expire March 31 of each year (individual private patrol agents and alarm installers expire one year from issuance instead), so we track your renewal and notify you ahead of the deadline to keep the bond current.
You need this bond if you're
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 $10,000 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 City Clerk. Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with Boise's City Clerk's Office alongside your private patrol or security service license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $10,000 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.
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Finish your Boise security service license today.
$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.