MI security guard agency bonds.
$750 flat. Five minutes.
Michigan requires every private security guard agency to carry a $25,000 bond filed with LARA under MCL 338.1059(4). Ours is $750 flat — 3% of the bond amount, identical for every agency. 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 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 guard agency 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 licenses private security guard agencies through LARA under the Private Security Business and Security Alarm Act (MCL 338.1051 et seq.), and conditions the license on a $25,000 surety bond under MCL 338.1059(4). The bond is a public-protection guarantee that the agency operates according to Michigan's security laws and regulations.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Michigan together with anyone the agency harms (the protected parties). If an agency causes property damage or personal harm covered by the bond, the harmed party can recover against it.
The act lets an agency furnish a certificate of insurance instead — at $25,000 for property damage, $100,000 for injury or death of one person, and $200,000 for injuries to more than one person. Most agencies post the surety bond because it is cheaper than carrying those policy limits. It is not insurance for you: if the surety pays, 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.
Start the application →Common questions.
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.