ME professional solicitor bonds.
$750. Five minutes.
Maine licenses professional solicitors — those who raise charitable contributions for a fee — and requires a fixed $25,000 bond under the Charitable Solicitations Act. Ours is $750 flat, which is 3% of the bond amount. License bonds like this are the fastest thing we issue.
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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 and an effective date. That’s the application — no financials, no credit check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
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 arrives by email, ready to file with your professional solicitor license application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
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$25,000 bond × 3% = $750, 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 professional solicitor is a person or firm that, for a fee, raises charitable contributions from the public on behalf of a charity. Maine regulates them under the Charitable Solicitations Act (9 M.R.S. ch. 385), administered by the Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation, and conditions the license on a $25,000 bond.
The bond is a donor-and-charity protection guarantee: it stands behind the solicitor’s compliance with the Act — proper accounting of funds raised, honest representations, and timely remittance to the charity. Under 9 M.R.S. §5008 the bond limit must be not less than $25,000, and its expiration cannot be earlier than November 30 of the following license year.
It is a three-party guarantee, not insurance for you: if a solicitor mishandles charitable funds and someone is harmed, they can claim against the bond — and if the surety pays, you repay the surety. We track the November 30 renewal and notify you 60 and 30 days out.
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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. The bond is tied to the statutory November 30 renewal date.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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$750 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.