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 $1,500 flat — 3% of the bond amount, identical for every school. One soft credit pull, e-signed in 1–2 business days.
















Your school license is waiting on this bond. Here is the entire process — no broker phone tag:
School details, owner information, effective date. That is the application — the only extra step is a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Most of these clear quickly; if underwriting needs anything, you hear from an underwriter within 48 hours. The credit check is a soft pull that never affects your score.
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.
$50,000 bond × 3% = $1,500, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
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.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your bond is typically issued within 1–2 business days.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
$1,500 flat, five-minute application, e-signed bond in 1–2 business days. Free until issued.