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Pasadena collection agent bonds.
$100 flat.
The City of Pasadena Water Department requires a $2,000 bond from authorized agents who collect utility payments on its behalf. Ours is $100 flat — the price you see is the checkout price. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit check.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Collection-agent bonds are about the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with the Water Department
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the City of Pasadena Water Department as an authorized collection agent. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
The City of Pasadena Water Department authorizes outside agents to collect utility payments from customers on its behalf, and conditions that authorization on a $2,000 surety bond. It is a faithful-accounting guarantee: that you remit every payment you collect to the department, honestly and in full.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the City of Pasadena Water Department (the obligee). If an agent fails to remit collected funds or mishandles customer payments, the department can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays the department, you repay the surety. Agents who remit on time and keep clean records treat the bond as a routine authorization formality.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the $2,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
File with the Water Department. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the City of Pasadena Water Department as an authorized collection agent. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $2,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
No credit check.
One application, issued instantly.
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$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.