Rhode Island health club franchise bonds.
$250 flat.
An Anytime Fitness franchise location in Rhode Island files a $25,000 surety bond with the Rhode Island Attorney General's Office before selling memberships that carry an initiation fee. Ours is $250 flat.
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How much does a Rhode Island health club franchise bond cost?
$250 at the $25,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
A franchise health club bond filing is short. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details, your Anytime Fitness contract date, and an effective date. A short credit consent runs alongside it, authorizing a soft pull only.
Pay & e-sign
Health club bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. Issued when you pay. One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
File with the Attorney General's Office
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your health club registration. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Rhode Island regulates sellers of health club services under R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 5-50, administered by the Rhode Island Attorney General's Office (Consumer Protection Unit). Every seller that requires an initiation fee as a condition of a membership contract must post a surety bond at registration or re-registration, sized to the facility's permanently covered, non-court exercise and fitness area — $10,000 under 10,000 square feet, $20,000 between 10,000 and 25,000 square feet, and $30,000 above that. The bond protects members if the club fails to open or substantially fails to deliver the services it sold.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the state, acting through the Attorney General's Office (the obligee), with paying members as the protected parties. If a covered club closes early or doesn't deliver, a member with a valid claim can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. This filing carries a $25,000 penal sum specific to the Anytime Fitness franchise arrangement, distinct from the plain $10,000–$30,000 tiers set by Chapter 5-50 for a standalone club. We track your term and notify you 60 and 30 days out to keep the filing 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 $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 Attorney General's Office. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your health club registration. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $250 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.
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, filed fast.
These are the actual issuing fields — a short credit consent runs alongside them, authorizing a soft pull only.
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File your health club bond today.
$250 flat, soft pull only, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.