HI public official bonds.
From $100. Enter your amount.
When a Hawaii office requires its officer to be bonded, the public official bond guarantees the officer will faithfully perform the duties of the office. The required amount is set by the appointing authority or the governing statute; the price is 0.35% of the bond amount, $100 minimum, with a soft credit check that never affects your score.
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Enter your amount and obligee, consent to a soft pull, and file with whoever requires the bond. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your details, the obligee (the entity requiring the bond), the bond amount, and an effective date — plus a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Reviewed & approved
Most of these clear quickly; if underwriting needs anything, you hear from an underwriter within 48 hours. The soft pull never affects your score.
File with your obligee
Pay online and receive the executed bond, ready to file with the appointing authority or office that required it. Wet-ink originals on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the public official bond actually covers
A public official bond is a faithful-performance guarantee: it backs an officer's honest, faithful discharge of the duties of a public office. It is a three-party arrangement among the officer (the principal), the surety, and the public body the officer serves (the obligee).
Hawaii's general surety provisions for public officers sit in HRS chapter 78. The chapter governs how sureties on official bonds are accepted — for example, a qualified surety corporation may be accepted as sole surety — and many county officials' bonds are made payable to the county.
Because the underlying bond requirement and amount come from the specific office, ordinance, or appointing authority rather than a single statewide figure, you tell us the obligee and the amount you were asked for, and we issue the bond at 0.35% of the bond amount, $100 minimum — a soft credit check affects approval only, not price. If unsure of the amount, ask the office requiring it — we'll write whatever they specify.
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One application, then a quick review.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including the obligee and a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your bond is typically issued within 1–2 business days.
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Pricing from $100. Enter your amount and obligee and file the bond.