NJ career counseling bonds.
$300. Five minutes.
New Jersey licenses career counseling services through the Division of Consumer Affairs, and conditions the license on a $10,000 surety bond. Ours is $300 flat — 3% of the bond amount, the same for everyone. The application is five minutes, and license bonds like this are the fastest thing we issue.
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Three steps. One sitting.
License bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details, the type of service you provide, and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section.
Pay & e-sign
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with Consumer Affairs
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your Division of Consumer Affairs license application or renewal. 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
A career counseling service helps people find work — résumé help, job-search coaching, placement assistance. New Jersey regulates these firms under its employment-agency law and wants a financial backstop that you'll deal honestly with the clients who pay you in advance.
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 misrepresents its services, keeps fees it shouldn't, or otherwise violates the law, 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 bond must stay active for the life of your registration, so we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out to keep the $10,000 filing 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.
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If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.