SC professional solicitor bonds.
$450. Five minutes.
South Carolina requires every professional solicitor to register with the Secretary of State and file a fixed $15,000 bond before any solicitation, under S.C. Code § 33-56-110. Ours is $450 flat — 3% of the bond amount, the same for every solicitor. The application is five minutes.
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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 arrives by email, ready to file with your professional solicitor registration before solicitation begins. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$15,000 bond × 3% = $450, 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’s Solicitation of Charitable Funds Act requires a professional solicitor to register with the Secretary of State and post a $15,000 surety bond before any solicitation activity, under S.C. Code § 33-56-110. A professional solicitor is paid to raise money for charities, so the state wants a financial backstop for the public.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of South Carolina (the obligee), with the donating public as the protected parties. The bond answers for fraud, misrepresentation, or other malfeasance in the course of your solicitation.
The registration is valid for one year and renews annually, and the bond must be filed before solicitation begins and kept current — so we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out. A $15,000 cash deposit is accepted in lieu of the bond, but the bond is far cheaper than tying up the cash.
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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 before you fundraise.
$450 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.