VA competitive local exchange bonds.
$500 flat.
Before the State Corporation Commission will certify a competitive local exchange carrier in Virginia, it requires a $50,000 performance bond in the form its staff prescribes. Ours is $500 flat, set by our carrier rate book for this bond — one soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and an e-signed bond in 1–2 business days.
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Three steps to certified.
Your CLEC certificate is waiting on this bond. Here's the entire process — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
Company details, owner information, effective date. That is the application — the only extra step is a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Reviewed & approved
Most of these clear quickly; if underwriting needs anything, you hear from an underwriter within 48 hours. The credit check is a soft pull that never affects your score.
E-sign & file with the SCC
Pay online and receive the executed bond on the form SCC staff prescribes, ready to file with your application for local exchange authority. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the Commission insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Virginia regulates competitive local exchange carriers through the State Corporation Commission. Before certifying a new CLEC, the SCC's rules require the applicant to post a performance or surety bond of at least $50,000 in a form the Commission staff prescribes — a financial backstop standing behind the carrier's obligations to customers and the public.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier standing behind you, and the Commonwealth of Virginia (the obligee), with your customers as the protected parties. If a CLEC fails to perform or violates the terms of its certificate, harmed parties can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Carriers that perform under their certificate treat the bond as a certification formality, not a risk.
You need this bond if you're
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your bond is typically issued within 1–2 business days.
Start the application →Common questions.
Other Virginia bonds.
The Commission is waiting on one document.
$500 flat, short application, e-signed bond in 1–2 business days. Free until issued.