Minnesota career school solicitor bonds.
Partnership. From $100.
Before a partnership can solicit students for a Minnesota private career school, each solicitor needs a permit from the Office of Higher Education — and that permit requires a $2,000 surety bond under Minn. Stat. 136A.825. The bond is priced at 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum — your exact price appears in the on-page calculator.
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How much does a Minnesota career school solicitor bond cost?
1% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
No underwriting queue for the solicitor bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the Office of Higher Education. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your partnership details, the $2,000 bond amount, and the effective date — that is the application.
Issued on the spot
No credit check up to $25,000.
File with the Office of Higher Education
Submit the executed bond with your solicitor permit application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the office insists on them.
What it is and who needs it.
What the solicitor bond actually guarantees
Minnesota requires anyone who solicits students to enroll in a registered private career school to first obtain a solicitor's permit from the Office of Higher Education. Under Minn. Stat. 136A.825, no permit issues unless the solicitor files a continuous corporate surety bond of $2,000.
The bond is conditioned on the faithful performance of all contracts and agreements with students the partnership's solicitors make. A student harmed by a breach has a cause of action against the bond — the surety's aggregate liability is capped at the $2,000 penal sum.
When the principal is a partnership, the bond is written in the partnership's name. The statute also lets an applicant deposit $2,000 with the commissioner of management and budget instead of a bond, but a surety bond costs only the premium rather than tying up the full amount in cash.
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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 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose.
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 Office of Higher Education. Submit the executed bond with your solicitor permit application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the office insists on them.
What sets the price
The premium is 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
No credit check up to $25,000. Above that, the carrier may run a soft pull, which never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with the $2,000 statutory amount — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file with the Office of Higher Education.
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Pricing from $100. Enter the $2,000 amount and file with the Office of Higher Education the same day.