Wyoming will not issue a collection agency license until the approved applicant files a $10,000 surety bond running to the State of Wyoming and to any claimant — the penal sum is written into W.S. 33-11-108(a), so there is nothing to quote. Ours is $100 flat, the price you see is the checkout price, and the bond issues the moment you pay. Any credit screen is a soft pull only — it never affects your score.
















Wyoming gives you 20 days from approval notice to get the bond on file, and this one is checkout-priced. Here is the entire process:
Business details, an effective date, and a term. That is the entire application — no financial statements, and any credit screen is a soft pull that never shows as a hard inquiry.
This bond is checkout-priced at $100 flat, so it issues the moment you pay — your executed bond and power of attorney generate on the spot.
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with the Collection Agency Board for approval by the board and the attorney general. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
Wyoming licenses collection agencies through the Collection Agency Board, and no one may conduct a collection agency or act as a debt collector in the state without that license. Once your application is approved you have 20 days to file and thereafter maintain either a $10,000 deposit with the state treasurer or a $10,000 surety bond — the license is issued only when the board and the attorney general approve the bond.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Wyoming plus any claimant as the protected parties. The bond is conditioned on paying over to the claimant the proceeds of every collection, less the agreed collection charges, and it covers all debts placed with you for collection. Claims go to the board first; if the surety does not pay or settle within 30 days of the board's notice, the claimant can sue on the bond directly.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety, and the surety's total exposure never exceeds the $10,000 penalty. Licenses expire December 31 each year and each office is licensed separately, so the bond has to stay continuously on file; we track the term and send renewal notices 60 and 30 days out.
These are the actual issuing fields — business details, an effective date, and a term. That is the entire application.
Start the application →$100 flat, issued the moment you pay, soft pull only. Free until issued.