OR outfitter / guide bonds.
$275. Five minutes.
If your Oregon outfitter/guide business collects deposits over $100 per person, the State Marine Board requires a $5,000 surety bond as part of your registration under ORS 704.020. Three percent of $5,000 is $150 — but our $275 minimum applies, so you pay $275. Five-minute application, no credit check on this bond.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Registration bonds are among the simplest things 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
Small fixed bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the Marine Board
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your Oregon State Marine Board outfitter/guide registration. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$5,000 bond × 3% = $150, but our $275 minimum applies, so you pay $275, 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
Oregon registers outfitters and guides through the State Marine Board under ORS 704.020 and OAR Chapter 250, Division 16. Most of registration is fees and a $500,000 liability insurance certificate — but a guide who collects deposits over $100 per person for a trip must also furnish a $5,000 surety bond (or an equivalent letter of credit).
The bond is a consumer-protection guarantee: it protects clients who pay deposits in advance. If a guide takes a deposit and fails to provide the trip as agreed, the harmed client can recover against the bond. It's a three-party arrangement — you (the principal), the surety, and the State of Oregon (the obligee), with your clients as the protected parties.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The bond must stay active as long as you take advance deposits, so we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out.
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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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Finish your Marine Board registration today.
$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.