NPS gate attendant bonds.
$5,000 fixed. $100 flat.
A Volunteer in Parks who handles fees for the National Park Service — a gate attendant collecting entrance or campground fees — must be bonded. This is the fixed $5,000 fidelity bond: $100 flat, set by our carrier’s rate book for this specific bond. The application collects no credit information, and if a check ever runs, it’s a soft pull that won’t touch your score.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Fixed-amount fidelity bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here’s the whole process:
Apply online
The volunteer and sponsoring details and an effective date. That’s the application — no credit fields, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
Fixed-amount bonds like this are among the thousands that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the park
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to give the park so the volunteer can be assigned to fee collection. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the volunteer fidelity bond covers
The National Park Service runs its Volunteers-In-Parks (VIP) program under the Volunteers in the Parks Act of 1969, now codified at 54 U.S.C. §102301. Volunteers help staff parks — including gate attendants who collect entrance, campground, and use fees.
Because those volunteers handle government money, NPS policy (Director’s Order 7 / Reference Manual 7, and the fee-program guidance) requires fee-handling volunteers to be bonded, background-checked, and trained before they collect fees. This $5,000 fidelity bond is that coverage.
A fidelity bond protects the obligee against dishonesty — here, it backs the volunteer’s honest handling of the fees collected for the United States. If the surety pays a loss caused by dishonesty, it pursues the responsible party. This page is the fixed $5,000 version most parks request for a gate attendant.
You need this bond if you are
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit fields, because this fixed-amount fidelity bond’s application doesn’t collect any.
Start the application →Common questions.
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Get the volunteer on the gate today.
$100 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.