MI fireworks bonds.
$275 flat. Soft pull.
Michigan requires a $5,000 bond when you apply for a consumer fireworks certificate at a temporary location that is not a permanent building, under the Fireworks Safety Act (MCL 28.454). Ours lands at our $275 minimum — and the application is five minutes, with one soft credit pull.
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Three steps to selling.
Your fireworks certificate is waiting on this bond. Here's the entire process — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
Business details, owner information, effective date. That is the application — the only extra step is a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Reviewed & approved
Most of these clear quickly; if underwriting needs anything, you hear from an underwriter within 48 hours. The credit check is a soft pull that never affects your score.
E-sign & file with LARA
Pay online and receive the executed bond, ready to file with your consumer fireworks certificate application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists.
The whole pricing page.
$5,000 bond × 3% = $150, but our $275 minimum applies — so $275 per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Michigan's Fireworks Safety Act (Act 256 of 2011, MCL 28.454) requires a consumer fireworks certificate to sell 1.4G consumer fireworks at retail. When the retail location is not a permanent building or structure — a tent, stand, or temporary setup — the applicant must file a $5,000 surety bond.
The bond ensures the collection of estimated sales tax and firework safety fees from temporary sellers, who are harder for the state to pursue after a seasonal location closes. It is filed with LARA as part of the certificate application.
Permanent buildings pay a higher certificate fee but do not post this bond; temporary locations post the bond instead. If the surety pays the state for unremitted tax or fees, you repay the surety — it is not insurance for you.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your bond is typically issued within 1–2 business days.
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