NJ fire/burglar alarm & locksmith bonds.
$300. Five minutes.
New Jersey conditions a fire alarm, burglar alarm and locksmith business license on a $10,000 surety bond filed with the Fire Alarm, Burglar Alarm and Locksmith Advisory Committee. Ours is $300 flat — 3% of the bond amount, the same for every licensee. This is the combined-scope bond when one license covers all three trades.
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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 and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
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 the Advisory Committee
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your Fire Alarm, Burglar Alarm and Locksmith Advisory Committee application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
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$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 Jersey licenses fire alarm, burglar alarm, and locksmith businesses through the Fire Alarm, Burglar Alarm and Locksmith Advisory Committee, a unit within the Board of Examiners of Electrical Contractors in the Division of Consumer Affairs. When a single license covers all three trades, the license is conditioned on a $10,000 surety bond — a consumer-protection guarantee behind the alarm and locksmith work you perform.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of New Jersey (the obligee), with your customers as the protected parties. If a licensee violates the Act through fraud, misrepresentation, or failure to perform contracted work, a harmed customer 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 license; we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out so your $10,000 filing 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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$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.