MN search firm bonds.
$300. Five minutes.
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 Be aware: Minnesota repealed the Chapter 184 license-and-bond requirement for employment agencies and search firms, so this is generally a legacy or contractual requirement today, not a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 $300 flat with no credit check.
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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 financials, no credit check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
Fixed-amount bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
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.
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 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 The employment-agency licensing and bonding provisions of Chapter 184 were repealed (the bond section in 2015), and current Chapter 184 contains no license or bond requirement — search firms that are paid only by the employer are now expressly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 flat 3% with no credit check — but it is worth confirming who is requiring it and why.
You might be asked for this bond if you are
Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section. Confirm you still need this bond before filing; the statutory requirement was repealed.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
Does Minnesota still require a search firm bond? +
How much is it? +
Do I pay the $10,000? +
Is there a credit check? +
Should I buy this if I’m not sure I need it? +
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Need it? Issued today. Not sure? Confirm first.
$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Minnesota repealed the statutory requirement — worth confirming you still need it. Free until issued.