TN talent agency bonds.
$200 flat.
A talent agency that represents SAG-AFTRA members must hold a $20,000 franchised talent agency bond. Ours is $200 flat — the price you see is the checkout price — and the application collects no credit information. This is a union-franchise requirement, not a Tennessee state license mandate.
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Franchise 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 section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
Bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with your franchise application
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to submit with your SAG-AFTRA franchise paperwork. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
A talent agency that wants to represent members of SAG-AFTRA (the Screen Actors Guild–American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) must become a franchised agency, and the franchise agreement requires a surety bond. A franchise covering both former guilds carries a $20,000 bond.
The bond protects the agency's clients — the performers it represents — from monetary loss caused by the agency's unlawful conduct or breach of the franchise rules. It's a guarantee that the agency follows the union's regulations on commissions, contracts, and the handling of performers' money.
To be clear about the obligee: this is a SAG-AFTRA franchise requirement, not a Tennessee state license bond. Tennessee regulates talent agencies under Tenn. Code Ann. Title 62, Chapter 43, but the $20,000 bond here flows from the union franchise. If the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety — it is not insurance for the agency.
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$200 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.