Alabama conditions a polygraph examiner license on a $5,000 surety bond or insurance policy filed with the Board of Polygraph Examiners under Code of Ala. § 34-25-21. The price is $100 flat, set by our carrier’s rate book for this bond — and license bonds like this issue instantly.
















License bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials and no credit section on this application.
Small fixed-amount license bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to furnish to the Alabama Board of Polygraph Examiners with your license application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
A polygraph examiner bond is a public-protection guarantee. You administer lie-detection examinations that can affect employment and reputations, and Alabama wants a financial backstop standing behind your conduct as a licensed examiner.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the people you examine as the protected parties. Under § 34-25-21 the bond is conditioned to pay, up to its face amount, judgments recovered against the licensee for wrongful or illegal acts committed in the course of examinations.
The statute lets you satisfy this with a surety bond or an insurance policy of at least $5,000. If the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety — it is a guarantee, not insurance for you. We track the bond and notify you 60 and 30 days before expiration so your filing stays continuous.
These are the actual issuing fields — the application collects no credit information.
Start the application →$100 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.