ME private investigator bonds.
$300. Five minutes.
Maine requires a resident professional investigator to file a $10,000 bond with the Chief of the State Police under 32 M.R.S. §8111. Ours is $300 flat — 3% of the bond amount, with our $275 minimum already cleared. The application is five minutes, with no credit check on this bond.
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Three steps. One sitting.
License bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details, your county, and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section.
Pay & e-sign
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with your license
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Chief of the State Police alongside your license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$10,000 bond × 3% = $300, 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 Maine professional investigator bond is an honest-conduct guarantee. Under 32 M.R.S. §8111, the bond is conditioned on the honest conduct of your investigative business — and it gives any person injured by an intentional, knowing, reckless, or negligent act of the licensee the right to bring an action on the bond in their own name.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the people your work touches as the protected parties. The bond is filed with the Chief of the State Police, who administers professional investigator licensing in Maine.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a valid 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 to keep your $10,000 filing continuous.
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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.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.