NJ career counseling bonds.
$100 flat.
New Jersey licenses career counseling services through the Division of Consumer Affairs, and conditions the license on a $10,000 surety bond. Ours is $100 flat — the price is set by our carrier's rate book for this bond, the same for everyone. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit review of any kind, not even a soft pull.
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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 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.
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.
You need this bond if you're
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — the application collects no credit information for this bond.
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$100 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.