SC retail pistol dealer bonds.
$300. Five minutes.
South Carolina requires a retail pistol dealer to be licensed under S.C. Code § 23-31-130, and the license is conditioned on a $10,000 bond filed with SLED. Ours is $300 flat — 3% of the bond amount, the same for every dealer. 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 SLED
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your SLED retail pistol dealer license application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
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$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 requires anyone who sells or transfers pistols at retail to hold a dealer license under S.C. Code § 23-31-130, administered by SLED. The license is conditioned on a $10,000 surety bond standing behind your compliance with the state’s firearms laws on the sale and transfer of pistols.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of South Carolina (the obligee). The bond answers for losses caused by your breach of the licensing conditions — selling or transferring pistols outside the law.
The statute lets a dealer post a $10,000 cash or securities deposit in lieu of the bond, and the surety may cancel on 30 days’ notice to SLED. The bond is far cheaper than tying up the cash — we issue it at a flat 3% with no credit check, and track your renewals 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.
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Bond your pistol dealer license today.
$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.