LA river pilot bonds.
$275. Five minutes.
A commissioned Louisiana river port pilot furnishes a $1,000 bond conditioned on the faithful performance of pilotage duties, under Title 34 of the Revised Statutes. At 3% the bond lands below our floor, so it’s our $275 minimum — and it issues fast.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Pilot bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Your details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
Small fixed bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with your appointing authority
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to furnish when you take your oath and commission. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$1,000 bond × 3% = $30, which is below our $275 minimum — so the premium is $275, one-time per term.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Louisiana licenses and commissions river port pilots — the specialists who navigate vessels on the state’s rivers — under Title 34 of the Revised Statutes, through the Board of River Port Pilot Commissioners. A commissioned pilot must take an oath of office and furnish a $1,000 bond.
The bond is conditioned on the faithful performance of the pilotage duties the statute imposes. It is a public-trust guarantee that the pilot will discharge a demanding, safety-critical office honestly and competently.
It is not insurance for you — if a valid claim is paid against the bond, you repay the surety. The $1,000 figure is modest because it backs the pilot’s faithful conduct of office, not the value of the vessels piloted. We issue it at our honest $275 minimum.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
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$275 minimum, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.