North Carolina job listing service bonds.
$250 flat.
North Carolina licenses job listing services — businesses that sell job-vacancy information to job seekers — through the NC Department of Labor, and conditions the license on a $25,000 bond payable to the State. Ours is $250 flat, set by our carrier's rate book for this bond, with one soft credit pull.
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How much does a North Carolina job listing service bond cost?
$250 at the $25,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps to filed.
Your license is waiting on this bond. Here's the whole process — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
Business details, owner information, effective date. That is the application — the only extra step is a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Approved
Most are approved as soon as you apply. One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score. If it needs a second look, one to two business days at most.
E-sign & file with the Department of Labor
Pay online and receive the executed $25,000 bond ready to deposit with the NC Department of Labor alongside your license. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever required.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
North Carolina licenses job listing services — businesses that, for a fee, supply job seekers with lists of job vacancies — through the NC Department of Labor under G.S. Chapter 95, Article 5B (added by 1993 Session Law, S.B. 657). The license requires a $25,000 surety bond payable to the State.
The bond is a consumer-protection guarantee focused on refunds owed to job seekers. If a job listing service closes or fails to deliver, the Department holds the bond until all refunds owed under the law are processed, so customers who paid for vacancy information they didn't receive can recover.
Because the bond amount is larger than a typical small license bond, it may be written with a quick soft credit check. The check is never a hard inquiry and never affects your score or changes the $250 price — credit can affect approval, never cost. We track the bond and notify you 60 and 30 days before renewal.
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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 $25,000 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
E-sign & file with the Department of Labor. Pay online and receive the executed $25,000 bond ready to deposit with the NC Department of Labor alongside your license. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever required.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $250 at the $25,000 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 instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your bond is issued when you pay.
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$250 flat, short application, bond issued when you pay. Free until issued.