NH fishing & hunting license agent bonds.
$300. Five minutes.
To sell New Hampshire hunting and fishing licenses, you sign an agent agreement with Fish and Game and post a $10,000 bond guaranteeing you remit the license money you collect. Ours is $300 flat — 3% of the bond amount — and license agent bonds like this are the fastest thing we issue.
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Three steps. One sitting.
License agent bonds are about the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
License agent bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with Fish and Game
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your Fish and Game agent agreement. 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 the bond actually guarantees
New Hampshire Fish and Game appoints license agents — town clerks, sporting-goods stores, bait shops — to sell hunting and fishing licenses on its behalf under RSA 214-A. When you collect license fees, that money belongs to the state, so the Department conditions your agency on a bond.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of New Hampshire (the obligee). The bond guarantees you account for and remit the license money you collect. If an agent keeps or fails to remit those funds, the state can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Agents who remit on schedule treat the bond as an appointment formality. We track it and notify you 60 and 30 days before expiration so your agency stays continuous.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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Finish your agent appointment today.
$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.