ID outfitter bonds.
$300. Five minutes.
Idaho requires a licensed outfitter (and any designated agent or fish-and-game license vendor) to file a $10,000 performance bond with the Outfitters and Guides Licensing Board before the license issues. Ours is $300 flat — 3% of the bond amount. No credit check on this bond.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Performance bonds for outfitters are simple. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section.
Pay & e-sign
Fixed-amount 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 Licensing Board
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your outfitter license application before final approval. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$10,000 bond × 3% = $300, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Idaho licenses outfitters and guides through the Outfitters and Guides Licensing Board under the Idaho Outfitters and Guides Act (Title 36, Chapter 21). Before an outfitter license issues, the outfitter must provide a performance bond of at least $10,000 — and any designated agent authorized to act for the outfitter is covered by the same requirement.
The bond is conditioned on the proper conduct of the business and faithful performance of the outfitter's contracts and duties to patrons, without fraud or fraudulent representation. If the outfitter is a corporation, firm, or partnership, a designated agent who is responsible for operations must also be licensed and bonded.
It is a patron-and-public-protection guarantee — if an outfitter fails to perform a booked trip or otherwise defrauds a client, the harmed patron can recover against the bond. It is not insurance for you: if the surety pays a valid claim, you repay the surety.
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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.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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Finish your outfitter license today.
$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.