RI public official bonds.
Flat 3%. Enter your amount.
Rhode Island conditions many public offices on a faithful-performance bond — a guarantee that the officer will perform the duties of the office honestly and account for public money. The amount is set by the town council, statute, or appointing body; we issue it at a flat 3% with one soft credit pull.
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Three steps to bonded.
Your oath of office is waiting on this filing. Here's the whole process:
Apply online
Your details, the office, the bond amount required, and an effective date. The only extra step is a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Reviewed & approved
Most clear quickly; if underwriting needs anything, an underwriter reaches out within 48 hours. The soft pull informs approval, never the price.
File with the clerk or treasurer
Pay online and receive the executed bond, ready to file with the town treasurer, clerk, or whoever holds your office bond. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
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Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time, $275 minimum. Enter the figure your office requires and the premium updates.
What it is and who needs it.
What the public official bond actually guarantees
A public official bond is a faithful-performance and honesty guarantee. It protects the public — the municipality, the state, and the taxpayers — against loss if a public officer fails to perform the duties of the office or mishandles public funds entrusted to them.
Rhode Island requires these bonds across a range of offices. For example, R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-7-1 directs every town clerk, within thirty days of being sworn in, to give bond to the town treasurer with sufficient surety in the sum the town council prescribes, conditioned on faithful performance. Treasurers, tax collectors, and other officers are bonded under their own provisions.
Because the amount is set by the town council, statute, or appointing body rather than a single statewide figure, you enter the amount you were told to post. If a valid claim is paid, the officer (or the surety) makes the public whole — and if the surety pays, the officer repays the surety.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
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.
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Five-minute application, flat 3%, $275 minimum. Enter the amount your office requires and file it fast.