WI nonresident outdoor ad bonds.
$100 flat. $5,000 bond.
Wisconsin will not grant an outdoor advertising license to a nonresident applicant (or a foreign company not authorized to do business here) until it files a $5,000 bond under Wis. Stat. s. 84.30(10)(c). Ours is $100 flat — the price you see is the checkout price. The application collects no credit information.
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License bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit section.
Pay & e-sign
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with your license application
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your outdoor advertising license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Wisconsin regulates outdoor advertising (billboards and signs) along its highways under Wis. Stat. s. 84.30. Subsection (10)(c) adds a hurdle for out-of-state applicants: no license is granted to a nonresident, or to a foreign corporation or LLC not authorized to do business here, until the applicant files a $5,000 bond payable to the state with a surety the attorney general approves.
The bond is conditioned on the licensee observing and fulfilling all applicable provisions of s. 84.30 — the sign-permitting, spacing, and removal rules. On default, the department may enforce the bond in court, and it remains in effect so long as any obligation of the licensee to the state remains unsatisfied.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the nonresident principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Wisconsin. The $5,000 figure is set by statute, so the only thing to confirm is that the nonresident requirement applies to you — it is specific to out-of-state applicants.
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$100 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.