MN private detective bonds.
$300. Five minutes.
Minnesota requires every private detective and protective agent to file a fixed $10,000 bond with the licensing Board — ours is $300 flat, which is 3% of the bond amount. The application is five minutes, and license bonds like this are the fastest thing we issue.
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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 your license
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Board of Private Detective and Protective Agent Services. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
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$10,000 bond × 3% = $300, 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
Minnesota licenses private detectives and protective agents through the Board of Private Detective and Protective Agent Services, and conditions the license on a $10,000 surety bond. The bond is a conduct guarantee: it financially backs your honest, lawful performance of detective or protective-agent duties.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier standing behind you, and the State of Minnesota (the obligee), with the public as the protected parties. If a licensee commits misconduct in the course of the work, a harmed party can recover against the bond.
The bond must stay active for the life of your license. Let it lapse and your license is at risk — so we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out, keeping your $10,000 filing continuous.
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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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$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.