Montana telemarketer bonds.
$500 flat.
Montana requires every seller or telemarketer to file a $50,000 bond when registering with the Department of Justice. The premium is a flat $500 — no tiers, no variability. A quick soft credit check may apply; it never affects your score.
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How much does a Montana telemarketer bond cost?
$500 at the $50,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps to registered.
Your telemarketing registration is waiting on this bond. Here's the entire process — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
Business 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 Department of Justice
Pay online and receive the executed bond ready to file with your seller / telemarketer registration application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Montana regulates sellers and telemarketers through the Department of Justice's Office of Consumer Protection under the Telemarketing Registration and Fraud Prevention Act. You can't act as a seller or telemarketer in Montana without first registering — and the registration application must be accompanied by a $50,000 surety bond.
The bond is a consumer-protection guarantee: by statute it provides for indemnification to the State of Montana for any person who suffers a loss as a result of a violation of the telemarketing law. It's a three-party arrangement — you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State together with harmed consumers (the protected parties).
The bond has a long tail. Under the statute it must stay in effect for one year after the telemarketing business stops operating in Montana, and a surety can only cancel on 60 days' written notice — if it isn't replaced in that window, your registration lapses. If the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety; it isn't insurance for you.
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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 Department of Justice. Pay online and receive the executed bond ready to file with your seller / telemarketer registration application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state 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 check. 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.