SC polygraph examiner bonds.
$275. Five minutes.
South Carolina licenses polygraph examiners through SLED and conditions the license on a $5,000 surety bond. At our flat 3% the math would be $150, so this lands at our $275 minimum — the price floor, not a markup. The application is five minutes, 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 SLED
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your SLED polygraph examiner license application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
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$5,000 bond × 3% = $150, which is below our $275 minimum — so the price is $275, one-time per term. Multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
South Carolina has licensed polygraph examiners since 1972 under the Polygraph Examiners Act, S.C. Code Title 40, Chapter 53, administered by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED). The bond is a client-protection guarantee: it stands behind your honest, lawful conduct of examinations.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of South Carolina (the obligee), with examinees as the protected parties. The bond is conditioned to pay, up to its $5,000 face amount, judgments recovered against you for wrongful or illegal acts committed in the course of examinations.
The bond must stay active for the life of your license. SLED expects continuous coverage, and a change in coverage must be reported — so we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out, keeping your $5,000 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.