SC employment agency bonds.
$275. Five minutes.
South Carolina requires every employment agency — a private personnel placement service — to file a fixed $3,000 bond with the Secretary of State. At 3% that would be $90, so it lands at our $275 minimum, and license bonds like this are the fastest thing we issue.
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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 Secretary of State
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your Secretary of State license application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
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$3,000 bond × 3% = $90, below our $275 minimum, so you pay $275 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 employment agencies — statutorily, private personnel placement services — through the Secretary of State, and conditions the license on a $3,000 surety bond. The bond is a consumer-protection guarantee for the job seekers and employers who pay the agency for placement.
It’s a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of South Carolina (the obligee), written for the benefit of the people of the State. If an agency commits fraud or misrepresentation, or otherwise violates the placement-service law, a harmed client can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The statute also allows a larger alternative deposit in lieu of the $3,000 bond; most agencies simply file the bond. We track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out to keep your filing continuous.
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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.
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$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.