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Louisiana real estate school bonds.
$100 flat.
Louisiana certifies the schools that teach real estate, and it will not hand over a certificate of authority until the school files a $10,000 surety bond in favor of the state — held for the protection of the students who pay you tuition. Ours is $100 flat, and the price you see is the checkout price.
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Three steps. One sitting.
The bond is the fastest item on the school application checklist. Here’s the entire process:
Apply online
The school’s legal name exactly as it is registered with the Secretary of State, the address, a contact, and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
School bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the Commission
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to go into the school certificate application or the annual renewal packet. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the school bond actually guarantees
Louisiana does not let anyone teach pre-license real estate courses on their own say-so. The Louisiana Real Estate Commission (LREC), in the Office of the Governor, certifies real estate schools and issues each one a certificate of authority. That certificate is what lets your course hours count toward a salesperson or broker license — and the Commission conditions it on a bond, because a school collects tuition up front for instruction it has not delivered yet.
The bond is written in favor of the state of Louisiana and is conditioned specifically for the protection of the contractual rights of students who attend the school’s real estate courses. It is not there to protect the school and not there to reimburse the Commission: if a school closes mid-course, cancels a class it was paid for, or otherwise breaks the student contract, the students are the ones who look to the bond.
It has to stay alive as long as the certificate does. The rule requires the bond to remain effective and in force throughout the certification period, requires proof of bond renewal to be provided to the Commission annually, and makes failure to maintain a bond cause for revocation or suspension of the certification. A school certificate is issued for a maximum of one calendar year and expires on December 31, with renewal filed in the fall window — so the bond and the certificate move on the same clock.
The bond travels with a real application, not a form: a school certificate packet asks for the Secretary of State registration, a financial statement, letters of reference as to integrity and character, the proposed student contract, and the list of primary instructors, and the Commission works applications within about 45 calendar days. The bond is not insurance for the school — if the surety pays a student, the school repays the surety. We track the term and send notices 60 and 30 days out so the annual proof is never the thing holding up a renewal.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A court bond answers to the court and the party its order protects: if the judgment or order the bond secures is not satisfied, that party can claim against it, up to the penal sum the court set.
The surety pays a valid claim after the court rules, and you repay the surety. A court bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
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 Commission. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to go into the school certificate application or the annual renewal packet. 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 — use the school’s exact registered name so the bond matches the certificate application. No credit check.
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