Caribou pawn broker bonds.
$275 flat. Five minutes.
The City of Caribou conditions its pawnbroker license on a $300 surety bond. At 3% that would be $9, so our $275 minimum applies — the same floor we charge on every small bond. The application is five minutes, with no credit check on this bond.
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Three steps. One sitting.
A municipal license bond is the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business 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-amount license bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the City Clerk
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your City of Caribou pawnbroker license application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
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$300 bond × 3% = $9, which is under our $275 minimum — so the premium is $275, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
A pawnbroker license bond is a public-and-customer-protection guarantee. You take in pledged goods and lend against them, and the City of Caribou wants a financial backstop that you'll keep the records the law requires, hold property properly, and deal honestly with the people who pawn with you.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier standing behind you, and the City of Caribou (the obligee), with your customers and the public as the protected parties. If a pawnbroker mishandles pledged property or violates the local pawnbroker ordinance, a harmed party can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. And the bond must stay active for the life of your license, so we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out, keeping your $300 filing continuous with the City Clerk.
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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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If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.