Maryland health club bonds.
$250 flat.
Anyone who sells health club services in Maryland — a gym, a fitness franchise location, a self-defense school — registers with the Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division and posts a surety bond under Com. Law § 14-12B-02. Ours is $25,000, $250 flat, and the price you see is the checkout price.
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How much does a Maryland health club bond cost?
$250 at the $25,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
Health club registration bonds are about the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — a short credit consent, no financials.
Pay & e-sign
Registration bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. Issued when you pay. One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
File with the Attorney General
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Consumer Protection Division's Health Club Unit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Maryland regulates the sale of health club services — gyms, fitness franchises, figure salons, self-defense schools — through the Consumer Protection Division of the Office of the Attorney General. Registration is conditioned on a surety bond under Com. Law § 14-12B-02, sized to the club's outstanding liabilities to members, from a $50,000 minimum for pre-opening sales up to a $200,000 cap; this filing is set at $25,000.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Consumer Protection Division (the obligee), with harmed members as the protected parties. If a facility closes or its operator goes bankrupt, a member who prepaid for services 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 the registration; we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out to keep your filing continuous.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the $25,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
File with the Attorney General. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Consumer Protection Division's Health Club Unit. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $250 at the $25,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — a short credit consent, no financial statements.
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$250 flat, soft pull only, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.