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. Louisiana 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 LA public bids. Completely free — consent of surety included, soft pull only.
View bond details & applyRequired for Louisiana public works over $25K. One flat 3% rate for every contractor — projects up to $3M on credit alone.
View bond details & applyThe $50,000 bond every Louisiana notary now files with the Secretary of State. $50 flat, no credit check.
View bond details & applyThe $50,000 evidence of financial responsibility R.S. 22:1701 requires before the Louisiana Department of Insurance issues a public adjuster license. $500 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $25,000 bond Anytime Fitness requires of its Louisiana franchisees under the franchise agreement. $250 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $20,000 bond every Louisiana appraisal management company files with the LREAB. $200 flat, the price you see is the checkout price.
View bond details & applyThe $25,000 bond a Louisiana auction business files with the Auctioneers Licensing Board. $250 flat — no credit check.
View bond details & applyThe $10,000 bond every Louisiana auctioneer files with the Auctioneers Licensing Board. $100 flat, no credit check.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 master plumber bond the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge require to register as a licensed master plumber. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 mechanical contractor bond the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge require to register as a licensed mechanical contractor. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 plumber bond the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge require to register as a licensed plumber. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 electrical contractor bond the City of Baton Rouge requires to register as a licensed electrical contractor. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $1,000 fence contractor bond the City of Baton Rouge requires to register as a licensed fence contractor. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyOne blanket bond a proprietary school files to cover all its solicitors at $1,000 each, under R.S. 17:3141.9. 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum — no credit check up to $25,000.
View bond details & applyThe promoter bond the Louisiana State Athletic Commission requires under La. R.S. 4:65, from $5,000 and scaling with venue seating capacity. Premiums cost 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
View bond details & applyThe $1,500 bond the City of Bastrop requires for a peddler / itinerant vendor permit. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe bond the City of Baton Rouge requires for an air-conditioning system or equipment dealer permit. 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 bond the City of Hammond requires of secondhand precious-metals dealers and transient merchants. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe bond the City of Kenner requires to issue a peddler / solicitor permit. From $100 — your exact price appears at the application.
View bond details & applyThe bond the City of Lafayette requires for a second hand dealer permit. 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
View bond details & applyThe bond the City of Lake Charles requires for an air-conditioning system or equipment dealer permit. 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
View bond details & applyThe transient merchant bond the City of Minden requires of traveling and temporary sellers. From $100.
View bond details & applyThe $15,000 contractor license bond the City of Sulphur requires to register as a licensed contractor. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 contractor license bond the City of Zachary requires to register as a licensed contractor. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe bond a Louisiana home service contract provider files with the Secretary of State on the LDI uniform form. 0.5% of the bond amount, $100 minimum — no credit check up to $100,000.
View bond details & applyThe wage and fringe-benefit trust bond IBEW Local 861 requires of a signatory electrical contractor working under its collective bargaining agreement in Southwest Louisiana. Rate is 2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum; the application includes a soft-pull-only credit consent.
View bond details & applyThe fringe-benefit contribution bond a signatory electrical contractor posts for the IBEW Local 130 wage and welfare trust fund. 2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
View bond details & applyThe $1,000 plumber bond Jefferson Parish requires to register as a licensed plumber. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 bond Lafayette Consolidated Government requires before it issues an itinerant vendor permit. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $10,000 bond a new Louisiana academic degree-granting institution files with the Board of Regents to be licensed. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $50,000 bond every Louisiana notary files with the Secretary of State — bond only, no E&O coverage. $50 flat, no credit check.
View bond details & applyThe bond a Louisiana nursing facility files to protect the resident trust funds it holds. 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum — no credit check up to $250,000.
View bond details & applyThe $2,000 bond a Louisiana structural pest control operator files with the LDAF. $100 flat, no credit check.
View bond details & applyThe plumbing contractor permit bond the City of Eunice's Occupational License, Permit & Code Enforcement Department requires. Premiums cost 0.5% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
View bond details & applyThe $20,000 bond a privately owned Louisiana driving school files with the Office of Motor Vehicles. $400 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $25,000 charitable-fundraising bond Louisiana professional solicitors file with the state treasurer. $250 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $10,000 registration bond a Louisiana proprietary school files with the Board of Regents. $100 flat, no credit check.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 bond a Louisiana real estate education vendor files with the Real Estate Commission. $100 flat, no credit check.
View bond details & applyThe $10,000 student-protection bond a certified real estate school files with the Louisiana Real Estate Commission. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $1,000 bond a proprietary-school solicitor files with the Board of Regents under R.S. 17:3141.9. $100 flat — no credit check.
View bond details & applyThe $2,500 statutory bond a secondhand dealer files with the City of West Monroe under La. R.S. 37:1862. Premiums cost 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
View bond details & applyThe wage and fringe-benefit trust bond a signatory carpentry contractor posts under the Southern Regional Council of Carpenters collective bargaining agreement. Rate is 2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum; the application includes a soft-pull-only credit consent.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 itinerant vendor bond St. Tammany Parish requires of traveling and temporary merchants. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $100,000 bond a surplus lines insurer files with the Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance in place of the cash-and-securities deposit. $1,000 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $150,000 surplus lines insurer bond filed with the Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance. $1,500 flat, soft pull only.
View bond details & applyThe $250,000 surplus lines insurer bond — the largest of the three standard Louisiana filings with the Commissioner of Insurance. $2,500 flat, soft pull only.
View bond details & applyThe right-of-way telecommunications contractor bond the City of Lake Charles Permit Center requires. Premiums cost 0.5% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
View bond details & applyA $100,000 third party administrator bond filed with the Louisiana Department of Insurance. $1,000 flat, soft pull only.
View bond details & applyA $50,000 third party administrator bond filed with the Louisiana Department of Insurance. $500 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $10,000 statutory bond a transient merchant files under La. R.S. 37:1901–1903 before doing business in Louisiana, filed for a business operating in Monroe. Premiums cost 0.5% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
View bond details & applyBond a contractor's privilege off your Louisiana property under the Private Works Act and keep the project — and your financing — moving.
View bond details & applyThe $25,000 road-damage bond the Acadia Parish Police Jury requires before it issues a permit to haul heavy or oversize loads on parish roads. $250 flat.
View bond details & applyThe Bossier Parish bond for oversize / overweight load permits on parish roads. From $100.
View bond details & applyThe Calcasieu Parish road-damage bond for work or hauling that uses parish roads — 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum. Exact price in the calculator.
View bond details & applyThe permit / right-of-way bond the Cameron Parish Police Jury requires before you cut, cross, or work along a parish road. Priced at 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 bond the City of Baker requires to permit a building / house mover. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 bond the City of Baker requires to pull a sidewalk or right-of-way permit and restore the public way. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $2,500 mechanical / HVAC contractor bond the City of Bossier City requires. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $2,500 plumber and gas fitter bond the City of Bossier City requires. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 contractor license bond the City of Central requires. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe City of Central right-of-way bond for curb, sidewalk, and street-cut permits. From $100.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 contractor license bond the City of Denham Springs requires to register and pull permits. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 bond the City of Eunice requires to register as an electrical contractor and pull electrical permits. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 contractor license bond the City of Gonzales requires to register and pull permits. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $1,000 bond the City of Hammond requires to license an electrical contractor. $100 flat, issued instantly — no credit check.
View bond details & applyThe $2,000 bond the City of Hammond requires to license an itinerant vendor. $100 flat, issued instantly — no credit check.
View bond details & applyThe $1,500 bond the City of Hammond requires to license a peddler, solicitor, or hawker. $100 flat, issued instantly — no credit check.
View bond details & applyThe contractor license bond the City of Jennings requires, typically $5,000. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe City of Jennings electrical contractor bond — amount set by the city. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $7,500 contractor license bond the City of Lake Charles requires. $150 flat.
View bond details & applyThe City of New Orleans transient vendor bond — amount set by the city. From $100.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 bond the City of Pineville requires to license a contractor. $100 flat, issued instantly — no credit check.
View bond details & applyThe $2,000 bond the City of Thibodaux requires to license an electrical contractor. $100 flat, issued instantly — no credit check.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 bond the City of Thibodaux requires to license a mechanical contractor. $100 flat, issued instantly — no credit check.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 bond the City of Thibodaux requires to license a plumbing contractor. $100 flat, issued instantly — no credit check.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 contractor license bond the City of Walker requires to register and pull permits. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 contractor license bond the City of Westlake requires to register and pull permits. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors bond, posted in lieu of a net-worth showing, priced at 2% of the bond amount ($100 minimum). Soft pull only.
View bond details & applyThe oversize & overweight permit bond East Feliciana Parish requires before moving heavy or oversized loads on parish roads. From $100.
View bond details & applyThe highway permit bond Iberville Parish requires before work in, or movements over, parish road right-of-way. From $100.
View bond details & applyThe Jefferson Parish road-damage bond for house movers using parish roads — 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum. Exact price in the calculator.
View bond details & applyThe $25,000 bond a Louisiana manufactured-home installer files with the Manufactured Housing Commission. $250 flat — no credit check.
View bond details & applyThe $50,000 bond a Louisiana manufactured-home retailer files with the Manufactured Housing Commission. $500 flat; a quick soft credit check may apply.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 contractor license bond the Parish of Ascension requires. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe DOTD bond for installing water, gas, or sanitary sewer lines in the Louisiana state highway right-of-way. From $100.
View bond details & applyA lease-guarantee bond a Louisiana landlord accepts in place of a cash security deposit. 2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum; a quick soft credit check may apply.
View bond details & applyThe electrical contractor bond Terrebonne Parish requires. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe Webster Parish bond for oversize / overweight load permits on parish roads. From $100.
View bond details & applyThe $50,000 bond every Louisiana used motor vehicle dealer files with the Motor Vehicle Commission. $525 flat, soft pull only.
View bond details & applyThe $100,000 OMV bond for a single-location Louisiana auto title company. $1,000 flat, soft pull only.
View bond details & applyThe $125,000 OMV bond for a multi-location Louisiana auto title company. $1,250 flat, soft pull only.
View bond details & applyThe Louisiana DOTD bond that lets you charge oversize/overweight permit fees to a monthly account. Sized to your monthly billing. Pricing from $100.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 bond every Louisiana intrastate household goods mover files with the Public Service Commission. $100 flat, no credit check.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 bond a Louisiana official inspection station files with the State Police. $100 flat, no credit check.
View bond details & applyThe $10,000 bond a Louisiana motor vehicle lessor files for a used motor vehicle facility with the Motor Vehicle Commission. $100 flat, soft pull only.
View bond details & applyThe bond that lets a Louisiana hauler run oversize/overweight permits on a monthly fee account with DOTD. From $100.
View bond details & applyThe $20,000 bond every Louisiana new motor vehicle dealer files with the Motor Vehicle Commission. $225 flat, soft pull only.
View bond details & applyThe $10,000 bond a Louisiana new motor vehicle dealer files for a used motor vehicle facility with the Motor Vehicle Commission. $100 flat, soft pull only.
View bond details & applyThe DOTD permit bond for moving excess-dimension or excess-weight loads on Louisiana highways. From $125.
View bond details & applyThe annual crossing bond the Board of Commissioners for the Atchafalaya Basin Levee District requires before an oversize or overweight vehicle crosses a District levee, under La. R.S. 38:226. Premiums cost 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
View bond details & applyThe $100,000 OMV bond for a single-office Louisiana public license tag agent. $1,000 flat, soft pull only.
View bond details & applyThe $125,000 OMV bond for a multi-office Louisiana public license tag agent. $1,250 flat, soft pull only.
View bond details & applyThe $20,000 bond every Louisiana recreational products dealer files with the LMVC. $200 flat, soft pull only.
View bond details & applyThe $10,000 bond a Louisiana recreational products dealer files for a used motor vehicle facility with the Motor Vehicle Commission. $100 flat, soft pull only.
View bond details & applyThe $1,000 faithful-performance bond a commissioned Louisiana river port pilot files under Title 34. $100 flat — no credit check.
View bond details & applyThe $10,000 used-motor-vehicle-facility bond filed with the Louisiana Used Motor Vehicle Commission. $100 flat, soft pull.
View bond details & applyThe $10,000 bond a Louisiana CDL third-party tester files with the Office of Motor Vehicles. $100 flat, no credit check.
View bond details & applyThe continuing $50,000 bond every Louisiana used motor vehicle dealer deposits with the Louisiana Used Motor Vehicle Commission under La. R.S. 32:791. From $513.
View bond details & applyThe $10,000 bond a Louisiana vehicle-booting business files with its parish or municipality under R.S. 32:1741. $200 flat, issued instantly.
View bond details & applyThe Louisiana tax bond a beverage manufacturer or wholesaler files with the Department of Revenue, $10,000 minimum. From $100 — your exact price appears at application.
View bond details & applyThe Louisiana wholesale alcohol excise-tax bond filed with the Department of Revenue on form R-10200, priced at 1% of the bond amount ($100 minimum). No credit check up to $10,000.
View bond details & applyThe bond the City of Alexandria accepts in place of a cash deposit on a utility account. 2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
View bond details & applyA surety bond Claiborne Electric Cooperative may accept in place of the cash security deposit on new electric service in six north Louisiana parishes. The co-op sets the deposit; we quote the bond on review.
View bond details & applyThe surety bond Cleco Power LLC accepts in place of a cash deposit for electric service. 2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum. No credit check up to $15,000.
View bond details & applyThe surety bond a Louisiana collection agency posts when its registration, license, or collection contract requires one. 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
View bond details & applyThe $100,000 bond a credit repair services organization files with the Louisiana Attorney General under the Credit Repair Services Organization Act. $2,000 flat.
View bond details & applyThe utility deposit bond for a Louisiana account still carrying the Entergy Gulf States name. 2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum. No credit check up to $15,000.
View bond details & applyThe surety bond Entergy Louisiana, LLC accepts in place of a cash deposit for electric or gas service. 2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum. No credit check up to $15,000.
View bond details & applyThe surety bond Entergy New Orleans accepts in place of a cash deposit for electric or gas service, regulated by the New Orleans City Council. 2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
View bond details & applyThe fidelity bond ERISA §412 requires of every plan fiduciary and everyone who handles 401(k), pension or welfare plan funds, on the carrier’s Louisiana form. $300 for a 3-year term at limits up to $150,000.
View bond details & applyA surety-bond alternative to the cash security deposit Lafayette Utilities System collects on a new electric, water, or wastewater account. Rate is 2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum; no credit check up to $15,000.
View bond details & applyThe $25,000 bond a Louisiana loan broker posts in favor of the state under La. R.S. 9:3572.8 — displayed at every business location. $250 flat.
View bond details & applyThe Department of Revenue bond a Louisiana motor fuel supplier or permissive supplier files under La. R.S. 47:818.40 before receiving fuel tax-free for resale. Premiums cost 0.75% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
View bond details & applyThe Louisiana Department of Revenue motor-fuels tax bond for blenders, suppliers, and distributors, priced at 0.75% of the bond amount ($100 minimum). No credit check up to $10,000.
View bond details & applyThe Louisiana motor fuels distributor license bond — minimum $20,000 or three months’ tax liability, filed with the Department of Revenue. Pricing from $150.
View bond details & applyThe Louisiana motor fuels exporter license bond — minimum $20,000 or three months’ tax liability, filed with the Department of Revenue. Pricing from $150.
View bond details & applyThe Louisiana motor fuels importer license bond — minimum $20,000 or three months’ tax liability, filed with the Department of Revenue. Pricing from $150.
View bond details & applyThe Louisiana interstate motor fuel user bond — minimum $20,000 or three months’ tax liability, filed with the Department of Revenue. Pricing from $150.
View bond details & applyThe Louisiana permissive supplier license bond — minimum $50,000 or three months’ tax liability, filed with the Department of Revenue. Pricing from $375.
View bond details & applyThe Louisiana special fuel fleet dealer bond — for CNG/LNG/LPG fleet fueling, filed with the Department of Revenue. Pricing from $100.
View bond details & applyThe Louisiana special fuel retail dealer bond — for retail CNG/LNG/LPG sales, filed with the Department of Revenue. Pricing from $100.
View bond details & applyThe Louisiana terminal operator license bond — minimum $1,000,000 or three months’ tax liability, filed with the Department of Revenue. Pricing from $7,500.
View bond details & applyThe $50,000 bond a Louisiana pawnbroker files with the Office of Financial Institutions under La. R.S. 37:1787 in lieu of the net-assets test. $500 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $25,000 NMLS bond under La. R.S. 6:1088 for residential mortgage lenders and brokers originating under $100M a year. $150 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $50,000 NMLS bond under La. R.S. 6:1088 for residential mortgage lenders originating $100M or more a year. $300 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $25,000 bond an independent Louisiana mortgage loan originator files under La. R.S. 6:1088 when no employer bond covers them. $150 flat.
View bond details & applyThe Office of Financial Institutions bond an NMLS-licensed Louisiana money transmitter or check seller files under La. R.S. 6:1037. Premiums cost 1% of the bond amount.
View bond details & applyThe Louisiana tobacco dealer bond sized to your volume, filed with the Department of Revenue, priced at 1% of the bond amount ($100 minimum). No credit check up to $10,000.
View bond details & applyThe $100,000 bond Louisiana requires for a Virtual Currency Business Activity License under the Virtual Currency Businesses Act, filed through NMLS. $1,000 flat.
View bond details & applyA surety-bond alternative to the cash membership deposit Washington-St. No credit check up to $15,000. Rate is 2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum; no credit check up to $15,000.
View bond details & applyStays execution of a money judgment while you appeal. The penal sum is the judgment plus interest and costs — underwritten, not flat-rated.
View bond details & applySecurity a court requires before a TRO or preliminary injunction issues. The amount is fixed by the court — underwritten, not flat-rated.
View bond details & applyReplace a lost cashier’s check, note, or stock certificate. The bond indemnifies the issuer — a closed-penalty amount, underwritten not flat-rated.
View bond details & applyExecutor, administrator, tutor or curator of a Louisiana succession. The penal sum is sized to the estate's value — underwritten, not flat-rated.
View bond details & applyFor a court-appointed receiver, master, or referee taking custody of property or a business. Amount the court directs — underwritten, not flat-rated.
View bond details & applyRecover or hold disputed personal property pending suit. In Louisiana this runs through sequestration — the court sets the security, underwritten not flat-rated.
View bond details & applyCourt-ordered security for a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction in Louisiana, in the amount the judge fixes. Underwritten and quoted on review — the court sets the penal sum.
View bond details & applyFaithful performance of a trustee under the Louisiana Trust Code. The court (or the trust instrument) sets the amount — underwritten, not flat-rated.
View bond details & applyThe removal bond the LDWF can require from an Alternative Oyster Culture permittee to cover the cost of removing gear and facilities. Pricing starts from $100.
View bond details & applyThe Louisiana Agricultural Commodities Commission bond standing behind commodities you store for the public. From $100, soft pull.
View bond details & applyThe Louisiana Agricultural Commodities Commission bond standing behind cotton you buy from growers. From $100, soft pull.
View bond details & applyThe Louisiana Agricultural Commodities Commission bond standing behind grain you buy from farmers. From $100, soft pull.
View bond details & applyThe security a competitive local exchange carrier or reseller posts with the Louisiana Public Service Commission under the local-competition rules. Pricing starts from $100.
View bond details & applyThe DEQ financial-guarantee bond a waste tire transporter posts to operate in Louisiana — a $10,000 minimum bond amount. Pricing starts from $200.
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