Louisiana auctioneer bonds.
$100 flat.
Louisiana requires every licensed auctioneer to file a $10,000 bond with the Auctioneers Licensing Board — ours is $100 flat, the price you see is the checkout price. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit check.
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How much does a Louisiana auctioneer bond cost?
$100 at the $10,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
License bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Your details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the Licensing Board
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to deposit with the Louisiana Auctioneers Licensing Board for your license. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
A Louisiana auctioneer bond is a public-protection guarantee. You handle other people's property and money at auction, so the state wants a financial backstop that you'll follow the auctioneer license law and honor your written auction contracts.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Louisiana through the Auctioneers Licensing Board (the obligee), with the public as the protected parties. If an auctioneer commits fraud or breaches an auction contract, the harmed party can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The statute lets an applicant deposit $10,000 in cash or a $10,000 surety bond; the bond is almost always cheaper, since you pay the $100 premium instead of tying up the full amount.
You need this bond if you're
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 bond runs to December 31 whatever day you buy; the premium covers the period to that date.
Renewal falls on the statutory date, December 31, 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 Licensing Board. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to deposit with the Louisiana Auctioneers Licensing Board for your license. 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.
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$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.