SC cosmetology school bonds.
$300. Five minutes.
South Carolina requires every cosmetology school to file a $10,000 surety bond with the LLR Board of Cosmetology under S.C. Code 40-13-240, guaranteeing it honors its student tuition contracts. Ours is $300 flat — 3% of the bond amount, identical for every school.
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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 the Board
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your cosmetology school license application or renewal. 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 licenses cosmetology schools through the LLR Board of Cosmetology under Title 40, Chapter 13. To license a school, S.C. Code 40-13-240 requires a $10,000 surety bond conditioned on the school faithfully performing the terms of the tuition and fee contracts it enters with its enrolled students.
In plain terms, the bond is a student-protection guarantee: if the school closes mid-program or fails to deliver the training students paid for, harmed students can recover against the bond. It is a three-party arrangement — the school (principal), the surety, and the Board (obligee), with students protected.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The bond must stay active for the life of the school's license, so 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 cosmetology school bond today.
$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.