VA Anytime Fitness health club bonds.
$250 flat.
The Virginia Health Club Act (Code of Virginia § 59.1-306) bars a health spa from collecting fees beyond a short prorated grace period — or an initiation fee over $125 — until it has registered each facility and posted a bond or letter of credit with the Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS). § 59.1-306 steps the amount 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 — and has no $25,000 step. This form is written for an Anytime Fitness franchise location at $25,000: it exceeds the $10,000 and $20,000 amounts, so a location with up to 500 unexpired contracts can file it, and a location above 500 needs $30,000 or more. Ours is $250 flat — the price you see is the checkout price. The application includes a credit consent, but it authorizes a soft credit pull only — a soft inquiry that never affects your score. No hard inquiry ever runs on this bond.
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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. At most, 1–2 business days.
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).
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.
You need this bond if you are
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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$250 flat, soft pull only. Free until issued.