Kansas combat-sports promoter bonds.
$100 flat.
Kansas requires a professional boxing, kickboxing, full-contact karate, or MMA promoter to post security before promoting an event — a $10,000 surety bond filed with the Athletic Commission. Ours is $100 flat, issued instantly — no credit check.
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How much does a Kansas combat-sports promoter bond cost?
$100 at the $10,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
Promoter bonds are about as simple as surety gets. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Fixed promoter bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the Athletic Commission
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your promoter license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Kansas regulates professional combat sports through the Athletic Commission in the Department of Commerce. Before a promoter can hold a professional boxing, kickboxing, full-contact karate, or mixed-martial-arts event, the Commission requires a form of security — a $10,000 surety bond is the standard choice.
The bond is a performance-and-payment guarantee: it backs the promoter's obligations under the Commission's rules, including paying contestants, officials, and Commission fees and taxes tied to the event. If a promoter fails to meet those obligations, the harmed party — or the Commission — can claim against the bond.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Kansas (the obligee). If a valid claim is paid, you repay the surety — it is not insurance for you. The Commission also accepts an irrevocable letter of credit, but a surety bond is usually the cheapest way to satisfy the requirement.
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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 $10,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The term is set on the carrier’s application; the premium covers the period shown there.
Renewal falls on the statutory date, July 1, in the year your term ends.
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 Athletic Commission. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your promoter license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $10,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
No credit check.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields. No credit check. It renews on the Commission's statutory July 1 date.
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$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.