Oklahoma BIA collective mining lease bonds.
$3,750 flat.
An operator holding oil, gas or other mineral leases on tribal or allotted Indian land under the Bureau of Indian Affairs Southern Plains Regional Office can file one $75,000 collective bond in place of a separate bond with every lease. Ours is $3,750 flat.
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How much does an Oklahoma BIA collective mining lease bond cost?
$3,750 at the $75,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
A collective bond replaces a stack of per-lease bonds with one filing. Here's the entire process, from application to the agency superintendent's desk:
Apply online
Entity details, an effective date, a few yes-or-no questions about your surety history, and a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. That is the application.
Pay & e-sign
The bond issues the moment you pay. Your executed bond and the surety’s power of attorney arrive by email, and a wet-ink original is mailed whenever the agency asks for one.
File with the BIA for approval
Deliver the bond to the agency superintendent with your lease, permit or assignment packet. The BIA approves statewide bonds at its discretion, and once approved the bond covers your current and future leases in the region.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Mineral leases on land held in trust for a tribe or an individual Indian owner are approved by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and every lessee must post security. Under 25 CFR 211.24(a), the lessee, permittee or assignee must furnish a surety or personal bond with each lease, permit or assignment, in an amount sufficient to ensure compliance with the lease terms and the regulations that govern it. For an active operator that means a new bond every time a lease is signed or acquired.
The collective bond is the alternative. 25 CFR 211.24(b) lets an operator file a single $75,000 bond for all geothermal, mining, or oil and gas leases, permits, or assignments in any one State, and 25 CFR 212.24 applies the same rule to leases of allotted land. The BIA’s Collective Bond form binds the principal and surety to the United States of America for $75,000 and covers mining leases on tribally or individually owned Indian land under the Southern Plains Regional Office, including the Chilocco Indian School Reserve in Oklahoma. In Oklahoma that region works through the Anadarko, Concho and Pawnee agencies.
The condition is that you faithfully carry out every obligation in the covered leases and permits — rentals, royalties, operations, restoration — and observe the federal laws and regulations that govern them. Coverage extends to all extensions and renewals of those leases without interruption, and no liability under the bond ends without the BIA’s written approval. If you default, the United States can claim against the bond for the Indian mineral owners it protects.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The surety must be one the Department of the Treasury approves under Circular 570, and ours is. We track the bond and send renewal notices 60 and 30 days out so your coverage stays continuous.
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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 $75,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The term is set on the carrier’s application; the premium covers the period shown there.
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 BIA for approval. Deliver the bond to the agency superintendent with your lease, permit or assignment packet. The BIA approves statewide bonds at its discretion, and once approved the bond covers your current and future leases in the region.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $3,750 at the $75,000 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 issuing fields, including a one-time credit consent that authorizes a soft pull only. Pay, e-sign, and file the bond with the BIA agency handling your leases.
Start the application →Common questions.
Other Oklahoma bonds.
Been told you need a different amount?
Price and requirements checked on the carrier’s application, .
Bond every Southern Plains lease at once.
$3,750 flat for the $75,000 collective bond, soft pull only, issued the moment you pay. Free until issued.