AR amusement machine bonds.
$100 flat.
Before Arkansas issues or renews a coin-operated amusement machine operator license, the operator must file a $6,000 surety bond with the Department of Finance and Administration under Ark. Code Ann. § 26-57-411. The price is $100 flat, issued instantly — and the application collects no credit information.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Tax bonds this size 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, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
Tax bonds this size are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with DFA
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your amusement machine operator license application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
An Arkansas amusement machine operator bond is a tax-payment guarantee. Under Ark. Code Ann. § 26-57-411, before the Director of the Department of Finance and Administration issues or renews an operator license, the applicant must procure a $6,000 surety bond.
The bond insures the faithful and prompt payment of all sales, use, or privilege taxes that become due from operating the licensed business, and secures the operator's other duties under the coin-operated amusements subchapter. If the operator fails to remit, the state can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a tax claim, you repay the surety. The bond must stay active for as long as you hold the operator license, so we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out.
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One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section — most applications approve instantly, and if a check ever runs, it's a soft pull that won't touch your score.
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$100 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.