Utah athletic promoter bonds.
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To promote boxing, MMA, or other unarmed-combat contests in Utah, you post a bond with the Pete Suazo Utah Athletic Commission under Utah Code 9-23-307. This page issues the $20,000 amount your application calls for. There's no flat rate to quote up front — submit the short application and we return a firm price on review.
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How much does a Utah athletic promoter bond cost?
It is underwritten: the premium is quoted from the bond amount and your financial picture, so there is no flat price to show.
Three steps. One sitting.
Promoter bonds are among the simplest things 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.
Priced & approved
We review your application and return a firm price. Most promoter bonds at this amount clear quickly.
File with the commission
Once you accept the price, your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your promoter application before the contest. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Utah regulates professional and amateur unarmed combat — boxing, kickboxing, and mixed martial arts — through the Pete Suazo Utah Athletic Commission, under Title 9, Chapter 23 (the Pete Suazo Utah Athletic Commission Act). A promoter must be licensed and approved before holding a contest, and the commission requires a bond.
Under Section 9-23-307, a promoter posts a surety bond (or cashier's check) before approval. The statute sets the floor at the greater of $10,000 or the amount of the purse, and the commission can require more — this page issues the $20,000 amount when that is what your application calls for. The bond backs the purse owed contestants and any taxes and fees owed the commission.
It's a three-party guarantee: you (the principal), the surety, and the State of Utah, with contestants and the commission as the protected parties. If the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety — so promoters who pay their fighters and remit their fees treat it as a routine filing.
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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 $20,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
Term and renewal are set in the underwriter's quote.
Keep the bond in force for as long as the obligation behind it runs.
How to file it
File with the commission. Once you accept the price, your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your promoter application before the contest. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
This bond is underwritten: the premium is quoted from the bond amount and your financial picture, so there is no flat price to show.
One application. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because the application doesn't collect any.
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