SC contract security agency bonds.
$300. Five minutes.
South Carolina requires every licensed contract security business to post a $10,000 bond with the State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) under S.C. Code 40-18-50(B). Ours is $300 flat — 3% of the bond amount, identical for every agency.
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Three steps. One sitting.
License bonds 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
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with SLED
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your SLED contract security business license application. 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
South Carolina regulates private security and investigation agencies through the State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) under Title 40, Chapter 18. A contract security business — one that provides security services or guards for hire — must hold a SLED license, and S.C. Code 40-18-50(B) conditions that license on a $10,000 surety bond in favor of the State, in a form approved by the Attorney General.
The bond stands behind the agency's compliance with applicable state and local law. A party harmed by the agency's conduct can make a claim against the bond. It is a three-party arrangement — you (the principal), the surety, and the State as obligee.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. A surety may cancel on thirty days' notice to SLED, so the bond must be kept continuously in force; we track it and send renewal notices 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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File your SLED bond today.
$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.