Lewiston private patrol bonds.
From $100.
Before the City of Lewiston licenses a security guard or private patrol service, its Community Development Department requires a $5,000 surety bond taken in the name of the people of the city under Lewiston City Code § 21-60. Premiums cost 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
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How much does a Lewiston private patrol bond cost?
1% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
The bond amount is already fixed by ordinance, so there is no underwriting queue for the amount itself. Confirm it, apply, and file with the city. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the $5,000 bond amount the ordinance fixes, and the effective date — no credit check up to $25,000.
Issued on the spot
Most applicants are approved instantly. No credit check up to $25,000.
File with the city
Submit the executed bond with your Lewiston security guard / private patrol service license application, alongside the required criminal history check. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the Lewiston private patrol bond actually guarantees
A private patrol / security guard bond is a license condition, not insurance for the licensee. Lewiston City Code defines a "security guard service" as any person who accepts pay to surveil, monitor, protect, or otherwise provide security for private property, and Chapter 21, Article VII of the City Code (§§ 21-59 through 21-63) conditions that license on this surety bond, filed with the city and running to the people of the City of Lewiston.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Lewiston (the obligee), protecting the public the service is licensed to guard. Under § 21-60, the bond covers the license year and must be current when the license is issued and again at each annual renewal.
Lewiston also requires a criminal history check on every owner, partner, and employee under §§ 21-5 and 21-62 — separate from this bond, and it does not touch your credit. The bond amount itself is fixed at $5,000 by ordinance; premiums are priced at 1% of that amount, $100 minimum.
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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 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.
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. Submit the executed bond with your Lewiston security guard / private patrol service license application, alongside the required criminal history check. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
No credit check up to $25,000. Above that, the carrier may run a soft pull, which never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued on the spot.
These are the actual issuing fields. No credit check up to $25,000. Submit once and your executed bond is ready to file the same day.
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Lewiston is waiting on one $5,000 bond.
1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum. No credit check up to $25,000, issued on the spot, file with the city the same day.