Mississippi barber school bonds.
$500 flat.
Mississippi requires a licensed barber school to file a $50,000 surety bond with the State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering, protecting students’ prepaid tuition if the school closes. Ours is $500 flat per year of term, set by our carrier’s rate book for this bond. A quick soft credit check may apply and never affects your score; the bond is issued when you pay.
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How much does a Mississippi barber school bond cost?
$500 at the $50,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps to licensed.
Your school license is waiting on this bond. Here is the entire process — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
School details, owner information, effective date. That is the application — the only extra step is a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Approved
Most are approved as soon as you apply. One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score. If it needs a second look, one to two business days at most.
E-sign & file with the Board
Pay online and receive the executed bond on the Board’s school surety bond form, ready to file with your barber school license application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the Board insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Mississippi regulates barber and cosmetology schools through the State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering, and conditions a school license on a surety bond. The bond is a student-protection guarantee: if the school ceases operation, it stands behind the refund of unearned tuition to enrolled students.
The current school surety bond form puts the penal sum at $50,000, payable to the Board for the benefit of students. (Older statute language referenced a $25,000 figure; the figure was raised in recent legislation, and the Board’s current bond form reflects $50,000 — confirm the amount on the form you were sent.) A certificate of deposit or government bonds may be filed in lieu of surety.
It is not insurance for the school. If the surety refunds tuition to harmed students, the school repays the surety. Schools that finish what they enroll treat the bond as a license formality — and the bond must stay active for the life of the license.
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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 $50,000 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
E-sign & file with the Board. Pay online and receive the executed bond on the Board’s school surety bond form, ready to file with your barber school license application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the Board insists.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $500 at the $50,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your bond is issued when you pay.
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$500 flat, short application, bond issued when you pay. Free until issued.