ME private investigator bonds.
$1,500 flat. Soft pull.
Maine requires a non-resident professional investigator to file a $50,000 bond as a condition of licensure — twice the $10,000 a resident posts. Ours is $1,500 flat, which is 3% of the bond amount. One soft credit pull, e-signed in 1–2 business days.
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Three steps to licensed.
Your investigator license is waiting on this bond. Here's the entire process — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
Business details, owner information, your county, and an effective date. That is the application — the only extra step is 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.
E-sign & file with your license
Pay online and receive the executed $50,000 bond, ready to file with your Maine non-resident investigator license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$50,000 bond × 3% = $1,500, 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
Maine licenses professional investigators under Title 32, Chapter 89, administered through the Department of Public Safety / State Police. The license is conditioned on a surety bond — and the statute sets a higher amount for out-of-state applicants: $10,000 for a resident, $50,000 for a non-resident.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier standing behind you, and the public the license protects. If a licensed investigator commits an unlawful or unethical act in the course of the work, a harmed party can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. 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 $50,000 filing continuous.
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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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$1,500 flat, five-minute application, e-signed bond in 1–2 business days. Free until issued.