Minnesota search firm bonds.
$100 flat.
A $10,000 employment agency / search firm bond. Be aware: Minnesota repealed the Chapter 184 license-and-bond requirement for employment agencies and search firms, so this is generally a legacy or contractual requirement today, not a live state mandate. If something still asks you for it, we issue the $10,000 bond at $100 flat, one-time.
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How much does a Minnesota search firm bond cost?
$100 at the $10,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
If you still need this bond, it is the simplest thing in surety. Here is the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Fixed-amount bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
Deliver to whoever required it
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to deliver to the client, contract, or jurisdiction asking for it. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What this bond is — and what changed
Minnesota historically licensed employment agencies under Minn. Stat. ch. 184 and required each to post a surety bond — $10,000 per location — conditioned on compliance with the employment-agency law. A search firm (a firm retained and paid only by the employer, never charging the candidate) fell within that scheme.
That has changed. The employment-agency licensing and bonding provisions of Chapter 184 were repealed (the bond section in 2015), and current Chapter 184 contains no license or bond requirement — search firms that are paid only by the employer are now expressly exempt. We say this plainly because it matters: there is generally no live state mandate for this bond today.
So if you have been asked for a Minnesota search firm or employment-agency bond, it is most likely a contractual, client, or legacy requirement rather than a current statute. If you still need to satisfy it, we issue the $10,000 bond at a fixed $100, one-time — and no credit check — but it is worth confirming who is requiring it and why.
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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 $10,000 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; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
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
Deliver to whoever required it. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to deliver to the client, contract, or jurisdiction asking for it. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $10,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
No credit check.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields. No credit check. Confirm you still need this bond before filing; the statutory requirement was repealed.
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Need it? Issued today. Not sure? Confirm first.
$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Minnesota repealed the statutory requirement — worth confirming you still need it. Free until issued.