New Jersey career consulting bonds.
$100 flat.
New Jersey requires a registered career consulting or outplacement firm to post a $10,000 bond at registration and annually thereafter, under N.J.S.A. 34:8-65. Ours is $100 flat — the price our carrier's rate book sets for this bond, the same for every firm.
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How much does a New Jersey career consulting bond cost?
$100 at the $10,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
Registration bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Registration bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the Division of Consumer Affairs
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your career consulting / outplacement firm registration. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
New Jersey regulates career consulting and outplacement firms under N.J.S.A. 34:8-65, part of the employment-services law administered by the Division of Consumer Affairs. Each firm must post a $10,000 bond at registration and annually thereafter — a consumer-protection guarantee behind the services you sell to job seekers and displaced workers.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of New Jersey (the obligee), with your clients as the protected parties. If a firm fails to deliver the services it contracted for, a harmed client can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The statute requires the bond at each annual registration and that it be retained until 90 days after the registration expires or is revoked; we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out so your filing stays continuous.
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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 $10,000 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
File with the Division of Consumer Affairs. Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your career consulting / outplacement firm registration. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $10,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
No credit check.
One application, issued instantly.
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$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.