IA security / PI agency bonds.
$275. Five minutes.
Iowa licenses private security, private investigation, and bail enforcement agencies through the Department of Public Safety. An agency licensed for one of those businesses files a $5,000 bond under Iowa Code 80A.10 — ours is $275 flat (our minimum, since 3% of $5,000 is below it), and there is no credit check.
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Three steps. One sitting.
License bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
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 Department of Public Safety
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your DPS agency license. The bond stays in force until the surety gives the department 30 days’ written notice. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
3% of $5,000 is $150 — below our $275 minimum, so you pay $275. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Iowa licenses private security, private investigation, and bail enforcement agencies through the Iowa Department of Public Safety under Iowa Code chapter 80A. A license is not issued until the applicant files a surety bond with the department.
The amount turns on how many license types you hold. An agency licensed for only one of these businesses files the $5,000 minimum bond — this page. An agency carrying more than one license files a $10,000 bond instead.
The bond is filed for the benefit of the public and stays in force until the surety gives the department 30 days’ written notice. If the agency violates chapter 80A and someone is harmed, they can recover against the bond — and if the surety pays, 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.
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$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.