RI health club bonds.
$300. Five minutes.
Rhode Island requires a health club that charges an initiation fee to file a bond with the Department of Business Regulation — $10,000 for a smaller facility, which is $300 flat (3% of the bond amount). The application is five minutes, and bonds like this are the fastest thing we issue.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Consumer-protection bonds like this are the simplest thing 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
Fixed-amount bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the DBR
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your Department of Business Regulation health club registration. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$10,000 bond × 3% = $300, 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
A Rhode Island health club bond is a consumer-protection guarantee. Clubs collect dues and initiation fees up front, often for long-term contracts — the state wants a financial backstop so members aren’t left empty-handed if the club closes or fails to deliver the services it sold.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Rhode Island (the obligee), with your members as the protected parties. If a club closes mid-contract or violates the health club law, a harmed member can recover against the bond.
The amount scales with facility size. A club with less than 10,000 square feet of permanently covered exercise area posts a $10,000 bond; 10,000–25,000 square feet posts $20,000; and over 25,000 square feet posts $30,000. The bond must stay active while you sell contracts, so we track it and notify you ahead of renewal.
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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 DBR registration today.
$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.