Illinois public official bonds.
From $100.
Illinois conditions many elected and appointed offices on an official bond guaranteeing the faithful performance of the office's duties and the honest handling of public funds. The statute or governing body for your office sets the amount. Pricing is 0.35% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
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How much does an Illinois public official bond cost?
0.35% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
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Public official bonds underwrite quickly. Enter your amount, consent to a soft pull, and you're issued. Here's the whole thing:
Apply online
Your details, the office, the bond amount your authority set, and the effective date — plus a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Approved
Most are approved as soon as you apply. The soft pull never affects your score. If it needs a second look, one to two business days at most.
File with your office
Pay and receive the executed official bond, ready to file with the clerk, board, or county that administers your office. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the public official bond guarantees
An Illinois official bond is a faithful-performance and honest-accounting guarantee. It backs an officeholder's duty to perform the office faithfully and to account for and pay over public money that passes through their hands. Many Illinois offices — treasurers, collectors, clerks, and others — are conditioned on one before the officeholder qualifies.
Unlike a fixed license bond, there is no single statewide amount. The figure is set by the statute, ordinance, or governing board for the specific office — frequently keyed to the funds the office handles (for example, a percentage of annual receipts). Enter the amount on your appointment or qualification paperwork and we issue exactly that.
It is a three-party guarantee: you (the principal), the surety, and the public body and taxpayers (the protected parties). If the surety pays a claim for malfeasance or a shortfall, you repay the surety — officials who account honestly treat the bond as a qualification formality.
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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 your office. Pay and receive the executed official bond, ready to file with the clerk, board, or county that administers your office. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is 0.35% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, then a quick review.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and most bonds issue within a business day.
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