Tennessee requires a for-profit health club that collects prepaid dues to register with the Division of Consumer Affairs and post a $25,000 surety bond under Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-18-301 et seq. Ours is $750 flat — 3% of the bond amount — with no credit check on this bond.
















Registration bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Registration bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your Division of Consumer Affairs health club registration or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
$25,000 bond × 3% = $750, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
A Tennessee health club bond is a member-protection guarantee. Clubs that take prepaid membership dues register with the Division of Consumer Affairs under the Consumer Protection Act, and the state wants a financial backstop so members aren't left without service or a refund if the club closes.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Tennessee (the obligee), with your members as the protected parties. If a club shuts down or can't deliver the contracted services, members can recover their prepaid dues against the bond, up to the full $25,000.
The bond must stay active while you hold prepaid memberships. Let it lapse and your registration can be pulled — so we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out, keeping your $25,000 filing continuous. The surety must give the state 30 days' notice before any cancellation.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
$750 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.