LA public official bonds.
Flat 3%. Soft pull.
When Louisiana law requires a public officer to give bond, you furnish a surety bond before entering on the duties of office. The amount is set by the law or ordinance that governs your office — we issue whatever figure applies at a flat 3% with one soft credit pull that never affects your score.
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Three steps to filed.
Your appointment or term may be waiting on this bond. Here's the entire process — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
Your details, the office, the bond amount the governing law requires, and the effective date — that is the application, plus a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Reviewed & approved
Most of these clear quickly; if underwriting needs anything, you hear from an underwriter within 48 hours. The credit check is a soft pull that never affects your score.
File and take office
Receive the executed bond ready to file with the recorder, clerk, or authority your law names, before you enter on the duties of office. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever they insist.
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Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time per term, $275 minimum. Enter the figure your governing law sets and the premium updates.
What it is and who needs it.
What the official bond actually guarantees
Louisiana requires many public officers to give an official bond as a condition of holding office. Under La. R.S. 42:181, that bond is secured either by a personal surety residing in the parish where the officer serves or — far more commonly today — by a surety company authorized to do business in Louisiana.
The bond is a guarantee of faithful performance and honest handling of public funds and property. It runs in favor of the political body or the public the officer serves; under R.S. 42:183 it is payable to whoever the governing law names, for the benefit of anyone harmed by the officer's breach of duty.
There is no single statewide amount — the figure is fixed by the statute, charter, or ordinance that creates the office, often tied to the funds the officer handles. Tell us the amount your governing law sets, and we issue the bond at a flat 3% with one soft credit pull.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your bond is typically issued within 1–2 business days.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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Take office without the bond holding you up.
Five-minute application, flat 3%, $275 minimum, soft pull only. Enter the amount your governing law sets and file the same week.