Ohio securities dealer bonds.
$375 flat.
Ohio licenses securities dealers through the Division of Securities under ORC Chapter 1707. A dealer can satisfy the Division's financial-responsibility requirement by filing a $25,000 bond indemnifying anyone damaged by the dealer's failure to conduct business in accordance with Chapter 1707. Ours is $375 flat.
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How much does an Ohio securities dealer bond cost?
$375 at the $25,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
The dealer bond is one of the simpler items on an Ohio securities filing. Here is the entire process:
Apply online
Firm details, an effective date, and a term. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
This bond is checkout-priced at $375 flat, so it issues the moment you pay — your executed bond and power of attorney generate on the spot.
File with the Division of Securities
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with the Ohio Division of Securities with your dealer license filing. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the dealer bond actually guarantees
Ohio's securities law is ORC Chapter 1707, administered by the Division of Securities in the Department of Commerce. Dealers licensed in Ohio have to meet a financial-responsibility standard, and the Division's rule gives a bonding route: execute and file a $25,000 bond with a surety the Division approves, as an alternative to the net-capital showing.
The bond indemnifies any person who may be damaged by the dealer's failure to conduct its business in accordance with Chapter 1707 of the Revised Code or the rules promulgated under it. It has to be effective for at least one year, and on a license renewal it must be valid for the upcoming year.
It is not insurance for the firm — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Because dealer licenses are renewed annually, the bond has to stay continuously on file; we track the term and send renewal notices 60 and 30 days out.
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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
File with the Division of Securities. Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with the Ohio Division of Securities with your dealer license filing. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $375 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.
No credit check.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — firm details, an effective date, and a term. That is the entire application.
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$375 flat, issued the moment you pay, no credit check. Free until issued.