A surety bond is a three-party guarantee that you’ll meet a legal or contractual obligation. It protects the government agency or owner in the event of bankruptcy or non-performance. Iowa requires different bonds for licensing, construction, and registration; find the one you need below with its requirements and costs.
A free surety prequalification through the Performance Plus program — no bond posted, no premium, just an underwriting file that speeds up the performance & payment bond you’ll need when you win the work. $0 to apply.
View bond details & applyRequired with most Iowa public bids. Completely free — consent of surety included, soft pull only.
View bond details & applyRequired for Iowa public works at $25K+. One flat 3% rate for every contractor — projects up to $3M on credit alone.
View bond details & applyThe $50,000 financial-responsibility bond an Iowa public adjuster files with the Insurance Division. $350 flat. No credit check.
View bond details & applyThe $25,000 bond Anytime Fitness requires of its Iowa franchisees under the franchise agreement. $250 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $25,000 bond every Iowa appraisal management company files with the Division of Banking. $250 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 licensee bond the Department of Public Safety requires to license a bail enforcement business under Iowa Code 80A.10. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $1,000 bond every door-to-door solicitor files with the Cedar Rapids City Clerk before the city issues a solicitor license. Quoted on review.
View bond details & applyThe $1,000 bond the City of Clive requires from pawnbrokers and secondhand goods dealers. $100, issued instantly.
View bond details & applyThe $1,000 bond the City of Clive requires from solicitors and mobile food unit operators. $100, issued instantly.
View bond details & applyThe $1,000 bond the City of Des Moines requires before it issues a peddler license. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $1,000 solicitor bond the City of Marion requires of door-to-door sellers before issuing a solicitor permit. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 peddler bond the City of Muscatine requires before it issues a peddler license. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe license and permit bond the City of Newton requires of its licensed contractors and permit holders. Priced at 0.5% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
View bond details & applyThe $2,000 pawnbroker bond the City of Ottumwa requires for a pawn license. $100 flat, issued instantly.
View bond details & applyThe $1,000 bond the City of Pleasant Hill requires from peddlers and solicitors for a license. $100, issued instantly.
View bond details & applyThe $2,000 pawnbroker bond the City of Spencer requires for a pawn license. $100 flat, issued instantly.
View bond details & applyThe $500 bond the City of Spencer requires before it issues a peddler, solicitor, or transient merchant license. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $1,000 peddler/solicitor bond the City of Tiffin requires before issuing a peddler or solicitor permit. Quoted on review.
View bond details & applyThe $10,000 building mover bond the City of Waterloo requires to move structures through the city. $100 flat, issued instantly.
View bond details & applyThe $2,000 pawnbroker bond the City of Waterloo requires for a pawn license, filed with the city clerk. $100 flat, issued instantly.
View bond details & applyThe $1,000 bond the City of West Des Moines requires from pawnbrokers and secondhand dealers. $100, issued instantly.
View bond details & applyThe $1,000 solicitor bond the City of West Des Moines requires before it issues a door-to-door solicitation permit. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $30,000 bond every Iowa employment agency files with the Division of Labor. $300 flat. No credit check.
View bond details & applyThe wage and fringe benefit bond IBEW Local 145 requires of signatory electrical contractors in the Quad Cities region. Premiums cost 2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum. The application includes a credit consent, but it authorizes a soft pull only.
View bond details & applyThe Iowa financial-responsibility bond a private instructional school files for its students. From $100.
View bond details & applyThe $50,000 bond every Iowa mobile/manufactured home retailer files for a license under Iowa Code chapter 103A. $250 flat, soft pull only.
View bond details & applyThe Iowa bond a licensed health care facility posts to protect residents’ personal funds it holds in trust, under Iowa Code 135C.21. From $100.
View bond details & applyThe $100,000 bond an Iowa wholesale drug distributor files with the Board of Pharmacy under Iowa Code 155A. $1,000 flat, soft pull only.
View bond details & applyThe $25,000 bond a smaller Iowa prescription-drug wholesale distributor files with the Board of Pharmacy. $250 flat.
View bond details & applyThe wage-and-benefit bond Plumbers & Pipefitters (Steamfitters) Local Union 33 in Des Moines requires of a signatory contractor, guaranteeing payment of union wages and fringe-benefit fund contributions. Priced at 2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum, after a soft credit pull that never affects your score.
View bond details & applyThe $10,000 bond an Iowa agency files when it holds more than one of the PI / private security / bail enforcement licenses, under Iowa Code 80A.10. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 bond every Iowa private investigative agency files with the Department of Public Safety. $100 flat. No credit check.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 bond an Iowa agency files for a single license type — private security, private investigation, or bail enforcement — under Iowa Code 80A.10. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe surety bond a registered Iowa third-party administrator files with the Insurance Division — 10% of average daily client account balance, $50,000 to $1,000,000. Priced at 1% of the bond amount.
View bond details & applyThe Iowa transient merchant bond filed with the Secretary of State under chapter 9C. 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
View bond details & applyThe $10,000 seller-of-travel bond an Iowa travel agency files with the Secretary of State. $100 flat. No credit check.
View bond details & applyBond a mechanic's lien off your property under Iowa Code §572.15 and keep the project — and your financing — moving.
View bond details & applyThe blanket excavation / right-of-way permit bond the City of Altoona requires before you open its streets. From $100.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 bond the City of Anamosa requires before it issues a house / building mover permit. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe bond the City of Ankeny requires before you install utilities in its right-of-way. Priced at 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
View bond details & applyThe $10,000 license bond every contractor files with the City of Bettendorf. $100 flat, issued instantly.
View bond details & applyThe $10,000 sidewalk-crossing bond the City of Burlington requires for curb, walk, and right-of-way work. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe blanket right-of-way bond the City of Cedar Falls requires to work in its streets and right-of-way. Quoted on review.
View bond details & applyThe $10,000 right-of-way permit bond the City of Clinton requires before you open its streets. $100 flat, issued instantly.
View bond details & applyThe $1,000 bond the City of Clinton requires before it licenses a sewer and drain layer contractor. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 license bond Davenport requires from electrical, mechanical, plumbing, and sign contractors. $100, issued instantly.
View bond details & applyThe $25,000 license bond every Davenport general contractor files with the city. $125, issued instantly.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 combined utility, plumber & contractor bond filed with the City of Davenport. $100 flat, issued instantly.
View bond details & applyThe $10,000 bond Fort Dodge requires before you cut into a city street under a street opening permit. $100, issued instantly.
View bond details & applyThe $10,000 annual bond the City of Johnston requires with a right-of-way work permit — in place of a $10,000 cash deposit. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 excavation permit bond the City of Marion requires before you dig in city streets. $100 flat, issued instantly.
View bond details & applyThe blanket excavation right-of-way permit bond the City of Milford requires to dig in its streets. 1% of the bond amount plus a $25 fee, $125 minimum.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 bond the City of Oskaloosa requires before it issues a building / house mover permit. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 contractor license bond the City of Oskaloosa requires. $100 flat, issued instantly.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 bond the City of Oskaloosa requires before it issues a right-of-way / excavation permit. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $25,000 contractor registration bond the City of Ottumwa requires before it will register a contractor. $125 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 excavation-permit bond the City of Robins requires before it will let you dig in its right-of-way. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $10,000 license bond Sioux City requires from general building contractors registered with the city. $125, issued instantly.
View bond details & applyThe contractor license bond the City of Spencer requires before it registers a contractor to pull permits. From $100.
View bond details & applyThe $25,000 bond the City of Spencer requires from sign installers before it issues a sign / electrical sign permit. $125 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $20,000 right-of-way construction bond the City of Waterloo requires before you work in its streets. $200 flat, issued instantly.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 bond the City of West Des Moines requires before it will register a sign erector or issue sign permits. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe single-job right-of-way bond the City of West Liberty requires for one specific street-cut / excavation job. From $100.
View bond details & applyThe wage and fringe benefit bond the North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters can require of a signatory Iowa contractor under its collective bargaining agreement. Priced at 4% of the bond amount, $100 minimum. The application includes a credit consent, but it authorizes a soft pull only.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 license bond every Iowa plumbing and mechanical contractor files with DIAL. $100 flat. No credit check.
View bond details & applyThe $75,000 bond every Iowa motor vehicle dealer files with the Iowa DOT under Iowa Code 322.4. $375 flat, soft pull only.
View bond details & applyThe Iowa bonded-title bond for owners with missing or defective proof of ownership. Priced at 0.9% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
View bond details & applyThe $75,000 bond every Iowa towable recreational vehicle dealer files with the DOT. $375, issued instantly, soft pull only.
View bond details & applyThe Iowa travel trailer dealer bond under Iowa Code chapter 322C, filed with the Iowa DOT. $250 flat, soft pull only.
View bond details & applyThe reserve bond an Iowa online sportsbook can file with the Racing and Gaming Commission, under 491 IAC 13.2(6), to cover what it owes bettors. Premiums cost 2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum, with a soft credit pull only.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 promoter bond the Iowa Athletic Commission requires to put on a boxing, wrestling, or MMA event. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe sliding-scale bond an Iowa Class "E" retail liquor licensee files with the Alcoholic Beverages Division. Priced at 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
View bond details & applyThe $10,000 bond an Iowa Class A (wholesale) beer permit holder files with the state. $120 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 bond for an Iowa Class A or Class A native wine permit (wine wholesale). $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe bond the Iowa Lottery Authority can require of a retailer, amount set case by case. From $100.
View bond details & applyThe $10,000 surety bond filed with the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division for a special class “A” (brewpub) beer permit. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 Iowa wine direct shipper bond. Iowa repealed the bond mandate in 2022 — so this is now a legacy or carrier-required filing, not a live state requirement. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe utility-deposit bond Algona Municipal Utilities accepts in place of a cash deposit to start or hold service. From $100.
View bond details & applyThe $1,000 bond an out-of-state vapor / nicotine delivery seller files for an Iowa delivery sale permit under 453A.47A. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe bond a business opportunity seller files with the Iowa Insurance Division, $15,000 minimum. From $300.
View bond details & applyThe combined $3,500 bond a business holding both an Iowa cigarette distributor permit and a tobacco distributor license files with the Department of Revenue. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $2,500 bond an Iowa cigarette distributing agent files with its permit under Iowa Code 453A.14. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $2,500 bond an Iowa cigarette distributor files with its permit under Iowa Code 453A.14. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 bond an Iowa cigarette manufacturer files with its permit under Iowa Code 453A.14. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $500 bond for an Iowa cigarette permit to retail on railway cars, filed with the Department of Revenue. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $1,000 bond an Iowa cigarette vending-machine vendor files with its permit under chapter 453A. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $2,500 combined bond for an Iowa permittee that is both a cigarette wholesaler and a tobacco subjobber, under 453A.14. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $2,500 bond an Iowa cigarette wholesaler files with its permit under Iowa Code 453A.14. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $25,000 NMLS surety bond Iowa requires of licensed real estate closing agents under Iowa Code 535B.9. $250 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $10,000 bond an Iowa credit services organization files with the Secretary of State under Iowa Code 538A.4. $150 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $25,000 bond an Iowa debt management licensee posts with the Division of Banking under Iowa Code 533A.2. $375 flat.
View bond details & applyThe fidelity bond ERISA §412 requires of every plan fiduciary and everyone who handles 401(k), pension or welfare plan funds, for plans sponsored in Iowa. $300 for a 3-year term at limits up to $150,000.
View bond details & applyThe $100,000 bond the Iowa Division of Banking takes for exempt-company mortgage registration. $600 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $25,000 bond an Iowa industrial loan company files with the Division of Banking under Iowa Code 536A.7A. $250 flat.
View bond details & applyThe surety-bond alternative to a cash deposit for a new or reinstated Maquoketa Valley Electric Cooperative account in east-central Iowa. Premiums cost 3% of the bond amount, $100 minimum. The application includes a credit consent, but it authorizes a soft pull only.
View bond details & applyThe Iowa Utilities Board customer-deposit bond for a MidAmerican Energy electric or gas account. Premiums cost 2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum. No credit check up to $15,000.
View bond details & applyThe NMLS surety bond an Iowa money transmission licensee maintains under Iowa Code 533C.802 — $100,000 to $500,000. 1% of the bond amount.
View bond details & applyThe $100,000 NMLS surety bond an Iowa mortgage banker maintains under Iowa Code 535B.9. 0.6% of the bond amount.
View bond details & applyThe $100,000 NMLS surety bond an Iowa mortgage broker maintains under Iowa Code 535B.9. 0.6% of the bond amount.
View bond details & applyA surety bond in lieu of a cash deposit for the Municipal Electric Utility of Cedar Falls (Cedar Falls Utilities). From $100.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 bond for a non-permittee that stores untaxed cigarettes in interstate commerce in Iowa, under 453A.14. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $25,000 bond a nonresident contractor files with the Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing to guarantee its Iowa taxes. $275 flat.
View bond details & applyThe sales-tax security the Iowa Department of Revenue can require, in an amount it fixes. Priced at 2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
View bond details & applyThe $1,000 bond an Iowa tobacco-products distributor files with the Department of Revenue. $100 flat. No credit check.
View bond details & applyA surety bond an Iowa electric or gas utility accepts in lieu of a cash security deposit under 199 IAC 20.4(3) (electric) and 19.4 (gas). Premiums cost 2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum, and no credit check up to $15,000.
View bond details & applyStays execution of a money judgment while you appeal. Penal sum is at least 110% of the judgment — underwritten and quoted on review.
View bond details & applyThe security an Iowa court requires before a temporary injunction or TRO issues. Amount set by the court — underwritten and quoted on review.
View bond details & applyReplace a lost cashier’s check, stock certificate, or note. Indemnifies the issuer — underwritten and quoted on review.
View bond details & applyFor an executor, administrator, guardian, or conservator. Amount set to the size of the estate — underwritten and quoted on review.
View bond details & applyFor a court-appointed receiver, master, or referee. Penalty fixed by the court to the assets — underwritten and quoted on review.
View bond details & applyRecover personal property before judgment. At least twice the value of the goods — underwritten and quoted on review.
View bond details & applyFaithful performance of a trustee’s duties when the court or trust requires bonding. Amount set by the court — underwritten and quoted on review.
View bond details & applyThe disposal-fee guarantee haulers post with the City of West Burlington for solid waste disposal. From $100.
View bond details & applyThe disposal-fee guarantee haulers post with the Des Moines County Regional Solid Waste Commission. From $100.
View bond details & applyThe Iowa feeder pig dealer financial-responsibility bond, $5,000 to $25,000, filed with IDALS. From $100, soft pull.
View bond details & applyThe $100,000 Iowa grain dealer bond filed with IDALS to protect producers. $500 flat, soft pull only.
View bond details & applyThe Iowa grain warehouse bond, sized to your stored value and filed with IDALS. From $100, soft pull only.
View bond details & applyThe $10,000 bond Jefferson County requires before it licenses a disposal system (septic) contractor. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe Iowa commercial pesticide applicator financial-responsibility bond under Iowa Code 206.13, filed with the Dept. of Agriculture. $6,000 flat on $300,000, soft pull only.
View bond details & applyThe Iowa DNR timber buyer bond, scaled $500 to $10,000 by your prior-year purchases. From $100.
View bond details & applyThe $150,000 Iowa DNR waste tire hauler bond under Iowa Code 455D.11I, naming the State of Iowa as obligee. $3,000 flat.
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