Utah postsecondary school bonds.
From $125.
A non-exempt Utah postsecondary school registers with the Division of Consumer Protection and files surety with that registration — a surety bond, an irrevocable letter of credit, or a certificate of deposit — under Utah Code Title 13, Chapter 34 and the Division's rules. Pricing is 1% of the bond amount.
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How much does a Utah postsecondary school bond cost?
1% of the bond amount, from $125 at the $12,500 minimum. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
No underwriting queue on a student-protection surety at these amounts — enter your figure, pay, and file with the Division. The whole thing:
Apply online
School details, the surety amount your registration requires, a term and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check up to $25,000.
Pay & e-sign
The premium is 1% of the bond amount, priced at checkout, so the bond issues the moment you pay. Your executed bond and power of attorney generate on the spot.
File with the Division
Submit the executed bond with your registration or renewal to the Division of Consumer Protection at the Department of Commerce. Wet-ink original mailed whenever the Division insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the postsecondary school surety covers
Utah regulates private postsecondary education through the Division of Consumer Protection at the Department of Commerce, not through a board of regents. A non-exempt school registers under Utah Code Title 13, Chapter 34 — the chapter now titled the Utah Postsecondary School and State Authorization Act, and known for years before that as the Utah Postsecondary Proprietary School Act — and the registration is conditioned on filing acceptable surety.
The purpose is narrow and unusually concrete: student refunds. If a school closes mid-program, or violates the Act in a way that leaves tuition unearned, the surety is the fund the Division looks to so students are not left holding paid-for instruction that never arrives. That is why the amount is keyed to gross tuition revenue rather than to the school's size in students or square feet — it tracks the money at risk.
The Division accepts a surety bond, an irrevocable letter of credit, or a certificate of deposit, and a school may combine instruments to reach the required figure. The surety must stay in place while students are enrolled and may not expire earlier than a set window after the last student leaves. The bond is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a student claim, you repay the surety — but it is dramatically cheaper than parking the same sum in a bank instrument the school cannot touch.
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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 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.
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 Division. Submit the executed bond with your registration or renewal to the Division of Consumer Protection at the Department of Commerce. Wet-ink original mailed whenever the Division insists.
What sets the price
The premium is 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
No credit check up to $25,000. Above that, the carrier may run a soft pull, which never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields. No credit check up to $25,000.
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Get the registration filed.
Enter your amount, see the exact price, and file with the Division of Consumer Protection. Free until issued.