OH promoter tax bonds.
$100. Five minutes.
Alongside the promoter’s license bond, the Ohio Athletic Commission requires a $2,500 tax bond backing the tax a promoter owes on event gross receipts. Ours is $100 flat — the price you see is the checkout price — 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
Promoter details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit 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 Athletic Commission
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the Ohio Athletic Commission. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Ohio combat-sports promoters owe a tax on the gross receipts of the events they put on, collected by the Ohio Athletic Commission under ORC Chapter 3773. Separate from the $20,000 promoter’s license bond, the Commission requires a $2,500 tax bond standing behind that tax.
The bond is a tax guarantee: it assures the state collects the promoter’s tax on event gross receipts even if the promoter fails to pay. If the tax goes unpaid, the state can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Many promoters need this $2,500 tax bond and the $20,000 license bond together; we write each.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — the application collects no credit information, because this bond doesn't need it.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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Other Ohio bonds.
Add the tax bond to your promoter filings.
$100 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.