MD employment agency bonds.
$275. Five minutes.
Maryland requires every licensed employment agency to file a $7,000 penal bond with the Commissioner of Labor and Industry under Business Regulation § 9-301. 3% of $7,000 is $210, so this bond lands at our $275 minimum — and the application is five minutes.
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Three steps. One sitting.
License bonds this size are the simplest thing in surety. Here’s the entire process:
Apply online
Business details, your agency representative, and an effective date. That’s the application — no financials, no credit check section.
Pay & e-sign
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 your license
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Commissioner of Labor and Industry. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$7,000 bond × 3% = $210, which is below our $275 minimum — so the price 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 Maryland employment agency places workers in jobs and collects fees for doing it. The state licenses agencies through the Commissioner of Labor and Industry and conditions the license on a $7,000 penal bond — a consumer-protection guarantee for the job-seekers and employers who pay you.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety, and the State of Maryland (the obligee), with your applicants and clients as the protected parties. If the agency violates the Employment Agencies law — for example, mishandling a fee — the harmed party can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The Commissioner can also direct that a non-filing agency submit the bond and impose a civil penalty, so agencies keep it continuous and we 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.
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$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.