Maryland home detention monitoring bonds.
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To be licensed as a private home detention monitoring agency, Maryland requires a surety bond — at least $2,500 — filed with the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services under COMAR 12.11.10. We quote it on review of your application, which collects no credit information.
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How much does a Maryland home detention monitoring bond cost?
It is underwritten: the premium is quoted from the bond amount and your financial picture, so there is no flat price to show.
Apply, then get your quote.
This bond is quoted on review, not a flat rate — enter your amount, and we follow up with your price. Here is the whole thing:
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Your agency details, the bond amount required, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
Quote & review
The application collects no credit information. We review and follow up with your price — most quotes turn around within a business day. If a check ever runs, it is a soft pull only and never affects your score.
File with DPSCS
Submit the executed bond with your private home detention monitoring agency license application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the office insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the agency bond actually covers
A private home detention monitoring agency supervises people serving home detention — typically using electronic monitoring — in place of incarceration. Maryland licenses these agencies through the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS), under regulations at COMAR 12.11.10.
As a condition of licensure, the agency files a surety bond conditioned on its faithful and honest conduct, running to the State of Maryland for the benefit of any person injured by a wrongful act of the agency that is willful or malicious. The amount is not less than $2,500; confirm any higher figure DPSCS sets on your notice.
The bond must be kept in effect at all times while you are licensed — if the surety cancels or terminates it, the surety must notify the Secretary, and until that notice is given the bond stays in force. It is not insurance for you: if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. We quote whatever amount applies after a quick review of your application.
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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 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
Term and renewal are set in the underwriter's quote.
Keep the bond in force for as long as the obligation behind it runs.
How to file it
File with DPSCS. Submit the executed bond with your private home detention monitoring agency license application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the office insists.
What sets the price
This bond is underwritten: the premium is quoted from the bond amount and your financial picture, so there is no flat price to show.
One short form to apply, quoted on review.
Submit the application with your required bond amount — we review and follow up with your price, then issue it ready to file with DPSCS.
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