Colorado requires a person who repossesses collateral to file a $50,000 surety bond with the Attorney General before doing the work. Ours is $500 flat — set by our carrier for this bond, the same for everyone. A quick soft credit check may apply — never a hard inquiry — and the bond e-signs in 1–2 business days.
















Your right to repossess is waiting on this bond. Here's the entire process — no broker phone tag:
Business details, owner information, effective date. That is the application — a quick soft credit check may run as part of it, never a hard inquiry.
Most of these clear quickly; if underwriting needs anything, you hear from an underwriter within 48 hours. Any credit check is a soft pull that never affects your score.
Pay online and receive the executed $50,000 bond, drawn in favor of the Colorado Attorney General, ready to file. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the office insists.
Colorado conditions the right to repossess collateral on a $50,000 surety bond filed with the Attorney General. The bond is a property-protection guarantee: it stands behind the way you take possession of vehicles and other secured property — that you do it lawfully and without damaging property or breaching the peace.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier standing behind you, and the State of Colorado together with people harmed during a repossession (the protected parties). If a repossessor damages property or violates the rules governing repossession, a harmed party can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Repossessors who follow the self-help repossession rules and document their work treat the bond as a filing formality, not a risk.
These are the actual underwriting fields. A quick soft credit check may run as part of underwriting — never a hard inquiry. Submit once and your bond is typically issued within 1–2 business days.
Start the application →$500 flat, short application, e-signed bond in 1–2 business days. Free until issued.