City of Detroit pawnbroker bonds.
$275 flat. Five minutes.
The City of Detroit requires every pawnbroker to file a $3,000 bond as a condition of the city license, processed through the Consumer Affairs Business License Center. Ours is $275 flat — the 3% rate runs below our minimum at this amount — with no credit check.
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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 is the application — no financials, no credit check section.
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 Detroit license
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file through the Detroit Business License Center (eLAPS). Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$3,000 bond × 3% = $90, 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
The City of Detroit licenses pawnbrokers — those who lend against personal property left as collateral — and conditions the license on a $3,000 surety bond. The bond is a consumer-protection guarantee that you will follow Detroit's pawnbroking rules and deal fairly with the people who pledge property to you.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety, and the City of Detroit together with harmed customers (the protected parties). If a pawnbroker mishandles a pledge, violates redemption rules, or otherwise breaks the licensing law, 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 bond must stay active for the life of your license, so we track it and send renewal notices 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.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.