MN protective agent bonds.
$300. Five minutes.
Minnesota licenses a protective agent for fee through the Board of Private Detective and Protective Agent Services, conditioned on a $10,000 bond under Minn. Stat. 326.3382. Ours is $300 flat — 3% of the bond amount — 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 is the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is 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 the Board
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your license application at the Board of Private Detective and Protective Agent Services. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$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 — the security-guard and protective-services trade — through the Board of Private Detective and Protective Agent Services under Minn. Stat. 326.32 to 326.339. A license application must be accompanied by a $10,000 surety bond to the state under Minn. Stat. 326.3382.
The bond ensures payment of damages suffered by anyone harmed by the agent’s violation of the law or by a willful and malicious act in the course of the business. You are the principal, the surety stands behind you, and the State of Minnesota together with harmed members of the public are the protected parties.
The bond must stay active for the life of your license — let it lapse and you can be referred for action against the license. It is not insurance for you: if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. We track your $10,000 filing and notify you 60 and 30 days before renewal.
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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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$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.