Detroit amusements bonds.
$100 flat.
The City of Detroit requires a $10,000 surety bond for an amusements / public entertainments license — the City permit for operating amusement and entertainment venues. Ours is $100 flat, the price our carrier's rate book sets for this bond. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit check.
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How much does a Detroit amusements bond cost?
$100 at the $10,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
Municipal license bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Fixed-amount municipal license bonds like this issue right after purchase.
File with the City of Detroit
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the City of Detroit Business License Center as part of your amusements license. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
An amusements / public entertainments bond is a compliance guarantee to the City of Detroit. When you run an amusement or entertainment venue open to the public, the City wants a financial backstop that you'll operate within its ordinances — licensing, safety, and public-protection rules — and not leave the public or the City holding the cost of a violation.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Detroit (the obligee). If you violate the City's amusements ordinance or harm a member of the public in connection with the licensed activity, a claim can be made against the bond up to $10,000.
The bond must stay active while you're licensed. Let it lapse and the City can suspend your amusements license — so we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out, keeping your $10,000 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 $10,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The term is set on the carrier’s application; the premium covers the period shown there.
Renewal falls on the statutory date, July 1, in the year your term ends.
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 City of Detroit. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the City of Detroit Business License Center as part of your amusements license. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $10,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
No credit check.
One application, issued instantly.
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$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.