A private security entity in Oregon files a wage payment bond with the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) to show it can pay the people it employs. The amount scales with your headcount — we issue it at a flat 3%, $275 minimum, with one soft credit pull that never affects your score.
















Your DPSST entity license is waiting on this bond. Here's the entire process — no broker phone tag:
Business details, owner information, the bond amount for your headcount, and an effective date. The only extra step is a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Most clear quickly; if underwriting needs anything, you hear from an underwriter within 48 hours. The credit check is a soft pull that never affects your score.
Pay online and receive the executed wage payment bond, ready to file with your DPSST private security entity license. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever DPSST insists.
Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time, $275 minimum. Pick the tier DPSST set for your headcount and the premium updates.
Oregon licenses private security providers through the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) under ORS Chapter 181A. A private security entity — the company that employs security professionals and managers — must demonstrate its ability to pay wages, and a surety bond is one accepted way to do that.
The bond guarantees payment of amounts owed under a final order issued under ORS Chapter 183 for failure to pay wages to covered security professionals and managers. If the entity fails to pay wages and an order results, those owed can recover against the bond.
The amount is set by your headcount: $5,000 for 10 or fewer employed executives, security professionals, and supervisory managers; $10,000 for 11–20; $20,000 for 21–50; and $30,000 for more than 50. Importantly, cancellation does not release the surety for wages tied to work performed under contracts entered before cancellation — so keep the bond continuous. We issue your tier at a flat 3% with a soft credit pull.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your bond is typically issued within 1–2 business days.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
Flat 3%, $275 minimum, five-minute application, e-signed bond in 1–2 business days. Free until issued.