NC private personnel service bonds.
$300. Five minutes.
North Carolina licenses private personnel services — staffing and placement agencies that charge applicants a fee — through the NC Department of Labor, and conditions the license on a $10,000 bond under G.S. Chapter 95, Article 5A. Ours is $300 flat (3% of the bond amount), with no credit check on this bond.
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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 Department of Labor
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to deposit with the NC Department of Labor alongside your 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
North Carolina licenses private personnel services — agencies that, for a fee charged to the job seeker, help people find employment — through the NC Department of Labor under G.S. Chapter 95, Article 5A (the Private Personnel Service Act). The license requires a $10,000 surety bond deposited with the Department.
The bond is a consumer-protection guarantee: it backs the agency's compliance with the Act and, in particular, the refunds owed to applicants under the agency's refund policy. If an agency fails to refund fees it owes, the harmed applicant can recover against the bond.
Under 13 NCAC 17 .0104, an agency that fails to keep the bond in force can have its license revoked by the Commissioner — so the $10,000 bond must stay continuous. We track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out, with no credit check on this bond.
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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.