New Hampshire investigator, guard & bail recovery bonds.
$1,000 flat.
New Hampshire conditions a private investigator, security guard, or bail recovery agent license — for the licensed agency and the employees it covers — on a $50,000 surety bond filed under RSA 106-F:9. Ours is $1,000 flat, and the price you see is the checkout price.
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How much does a New Hampshire investigator, guard & bail recovery bond cost?
$1,000 at the $50,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
An agency bond filing is one of the more document-heavy instant-issue bonds we write, but the sequence is still simple. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Agency details, an effective date, and the entity and ownership information RSA 106-F requires. The application includes a credit consent, but no financials.
Pay & e-sign
This bond is among the instant-issue filings that clear right after purchase for most applicants. At most, 1–2 business days if a manual review is needed.
File with the Secretary of State
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Secretary of State and submit alongside your Department of Safety license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
New Hampshire licenses private investigators, security guards, and bail recovery agents under RSA Chapter 106-F, with the Commissioner of the Department of Safety reviewing each applicant's character and issuing the license. An agency license — covering the licensee and any agents, investigators, or guards it employs — is conditioned on a surety bond that stands behind the licensee's conduct.
It's a three-party arrangement: the licensed agency (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of New Hampshire (the obligee), with any person harmed by the licensee's conduct as the protected party. RSA 106-F:9 conditions the bond on the licensee conducting business in a lawful and honest manner, without committing, compounding, aiding, or abetting any criminal offense.
It is not insurance for the agency — if the surety pays a claim, the agency repays the surety. The statute sets the bond at $50,000 for the license, rising by $50,000 for each additional license type the same person or agency holds. The bond is filed with and kept by the Secretary of State, and stays subject to suit by the state attorney general or by anyone injured by a breach of its conditions.
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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 carrier issues this bond for a single two-year term; the term cannot be changed at checkout.
Renewal falls on the statutory date, October 8, in the year your term ends.
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
File with the Secretary of State. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Secretary of State and submit alongside your Department of Safety license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $1,000 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 fast.
These are the actual issuing fields — including the credit consent this bond's application collects, which authorizes a soft pull only.
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$1,000 flat, soft pull only, bond often issued the same day. Free until issued.