Virginia Anytime Fitness health club bonds.
$250 flat.
This is the $25,000 bond written for an Anytime Fitness franchise location under the Virginia Health Club Act (Code of Virginia § 59.1-306). The Act sets the amount by unexpired contracts and has no $25,000 step, so this form fits a location with up to 500 contracts; above 500 you need $30,000 or more. Ours is $250 flat.
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How much does a Virginia Anytime Fitness health club bond cost?
$250 at the $25,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
This is a fixed-amount, fixed-price health club bond. Here’s the entire process:
Apply online
Company details, your Anytime Fitness contract date, an effective date, and a one-time consent to a soft credit pull — that’s the application.
Pay & e-sign
Health club bonds at this fixed amount are among the bond types that issue right after purchase. Issued when you pay. One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
File with VDACS
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the VDACS Commissioner as part of your health spa registration. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the Anytime Fitness health club bond actually guarantees
Virginia does not let a health spa — a health club, gym, or fitness facility that sells prepaid membership contracts — collect fees beyond a short prorated grace period, or an initiation fee over $125, until each facility has registered with the Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) and posted a bond or letter of credit under the Virginia Health Club Act (Code of Virginia §§ 59.1-294 through 59.1-310).
The amount steps up with a facility’s unexpired contracts: $10,000 up to 250, $20,000 for 251–500, $30,000 for 501–750 and on up to $100,000.
It’s a three-party arrangement: the facility (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Commonwealth (the obligee), protecting members whose prepaid dues and initiation fees are at risk if the facility closes or fails to perform. The Act sets the bond on a sliding scale tied to a facility’s number of active contracts, starting at $10,000 and rising in tiers to a $300,000 aggregate cap for facilities under common ownership.
This form is written for an Anytime Fitness franchise location at a $25,000 bond amount and a $250 flat premium. It is not insurance for the facility — if the surety pays a member claim, the facility repays the surety. The $25,000 on this form is not one of the Act’s steps: it covers a location with up to 500 unexpired contracts, and a location above 500 needs $30,000 or more — send us your count before applying and we will confirm the correct 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 $25,000 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 VDACS. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the VDACS Commissioner as part of your health spa registration. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $250 at the $25,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued fast.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including your company details and a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. The pull never affects your score.
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