MI security alarm contractor bonds.
$750 flat. Five minutes.
Michigan requires every security alarm contractor to file a $25,000 bond with LARA before licensing, under MCL 338.1059. Ours is $750 flat — 3% of the bond amount, identical for every contractor. The application is five minutes, with no credit check on this bond.
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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, your county, and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
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 LARA
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your LARA security alarm contractor license application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$25,000 bond × 3% = $750, 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
Michigan regulates security alarm contractors under the Private Security Business and Security Alarm Act (MCL 338.1051 et seq.), and conditions a license on a $25,000 surety bond under MCL 338.1059. The bond is a public-protection guarantee that you'll comply with the act, state law, and the terms of your contracts with customers.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Michigan together with your customers (the protected parties). If a contractor violates the act or causes harm covered by the bond, the harmed party can recover against it.
The bond must stay active for the life of your license. Let it lapse and your license can be affected — so we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out, keeping your $25,000 filing continuous. It is not insurance for you: if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety.
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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.
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If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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$750 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.