A surety bond is a three-party guarantee that you’ll meet a legal or contractual obligation. It protects the government agency or owner in the event of bankruptcy or non-performance. Iowa requires different bonds for licensing, construction, and registration; find the one you need below with its requirements and costs.
The $75,000 bond every Iowa motor vehicle dealer files with the Iowa DOT under Iowa Code 322.4. $375 flat, soft pull only.
View bond details & applyThe $50,000 financial-responsibility bond an Iowa public adjuster files with the Insurance Division. $500 flat. The application collects no credit information.
View bond details & applyThe $1,000 bond an out-of-state vapor / nicotine delivery seller files for an Iowa delivery sale permit under 453A.47A. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $25,000 bond every Iowa appraisal management company files with the Division of Banking. $250 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 promoter bond the Iowa Athletic Commission requires to put on a boxing, wrestling, or MMA event. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe bond a business opportunity seller files with the Iowa Insurance Division, $15,000 minimum. From $100.
View bond details & applyThe IRS Form 14751 federal employment-tax bond a certified professional employer organization must post to keep its CPEO status. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $2,500 bond an Iowa cigarette distributing agent files with its permit under Iowa Code 453A.14. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $2,500 bond an Iowa cigarette distributor files with its permit under Iowa Code 453A.14. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 bond an Iowa cigarette manufacturer files with its permit under Iowa Code 453A.14. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $500 bond for an Iowa cigarette permit to retail on railway cars, filed with the Department of Revenue. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $1,000 bond an Iowa cigarette vending-machine vendor files with its permit under chapter 453A. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $2,500 combined bond for an Iowa permittee that is both a cigarette wholesaler and a tobacco subjobber, under 453A.14. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $2,500 bond an Iowa cigarette wholesaler files with its permit under Iowa Code 453A.14. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe sliding-scale bond an Iowa Class "E" retail liquor licensee files with the Alcoholic Beverages Division. Priced at 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
View bond details & applyThe $10,000 bond an Iowa Class A (wholesale) beer permit holder files with the state. $120 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 bond for an Iowa Class A or Class A native wine permit (wine wholesale). $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $30,000 bond every Iowa employment agency files with the Division of Labor. $300 flat. The application collects no credit information.
View bond details & applyThe Iowa feeder pig dealer financial-responsibility bond, $5,000 to $25,000, filed with IDALS. From $100, soft pull.
View bond details & applyThe $100,000 Iowa grain dealer bond filed with IDALS to protect producers. $500 flat, soft pull only.
View bond details & applyThe Iowa grain warehouse bond, sized to your stored value and filed with IDALS. From $100, soft pull only.
View bond details & applyThe Iowa financial-responsibility bond a private instructional school files for its students. From $100.
View bond details & applyThe bond the Iowa Lottery Authority can require of a retailer, amount set case by case. From $100.
View bond details & applyThe $50,000 bond every Iowa mobile/manufactured home retailer files for a license under Iowa Code chapter 103A. $500 flat, soft pull only.
View bond details & applyThe Iowa bonded-title bond for owners with missing or defective proof of ownership. Priced at 0.9% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 bond for a non-permittee that stores untaxed cigarettes in interstate commerce in Iowa, under 453A.14. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe Iowa bond a licensed health care facility posts to protect residents’ personal funds it holds in trust, under Iowa Code 135C.21. From $100.
View bond details & applyThe $25,000 bond a nonresident contractor files with the Iowa Department of Revenue to guarantee Iowa taxes. $250 flat.
View bond details & applyThe Iowa commercial pesticide applicator financial-responsibility bond under Iowa Code 206.13, filed with the Dept. of Agriculture. $6,000 flat on $300,000, soft pull only.
View bond details & applyThe $100,000 bond an Iowa wholesale drug distributor files with the Board of Pharmacy under Iowa Code 155A. $1,000 flat, soft pull only.
View bond details & applyThe $25,000 bond a smaller Iowa prescription-drug wholesale distributor files with the Board of Pharmacy. $250 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 license bond every Iowa plumbing and mechanical contractor files with DIAL. $100 flat. The application collects no credit information.
View bond details & applyThe $10,000 bond an Iowa agency files when it holds more than one of the PI / private security / bail enforcement licenses, under Iowa Code 80A.10. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 bond every Iowa private investigative agency files with the Department of Public Safety. $100 flat. The application collects no credit information.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 bond an Iowa agency files for a single license type — private security, private investigation, or bail enforcement — under Iowa Code 80A.10. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe official bond an Iowa county or local officer files under Iowa Code chapter 64. 0.35% of the bond amount, $100 minimum — soft pull for approval, never affects your score.
View bond details & applyThe sales-tax security the Iowa Department of Revenue can require, in an amount it fixes. Priced at 2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
View bond details & applyThe $10,000 surety bond filed with the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division for a special class “A” (brewpub) beer permit. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe Iowa DNR timber buyer bond, scaled $500 to $10,000 by your prior-year purchases. From $100.
View bond details & applyThe $1,000 bond an Iowa tobacco-products distributor files with the Department of Revenue. $100 flat. The application collects no credit information.
View bond details & applyThe $75,000 bond every Iowa towable recreational vehicle dealer files with the DOT. $375, issued instantly, soft pull only.
View bond details & applyThe Iowa transient merchant bond filed with the Secretary of State under chapter 9C. 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
View bond details & applyThe $10,000 seller-of-travel bond an Iowa travel agency files with the Secretary of State. $100 flat. The application collects no credit information.
View bond details & applyThe Iowa travel trailer dealer bond under Iowa Code chapter 322C, filed with the Iowa DOT. $250 flat, soft pull only.
View bond details & applyThe Iowa DNR waste tire hauler bond under Iowa Code 455D.11I, naming the State of Iowa as obligee. $100 flat.
View bond details & applyThe $5,000 Iowa wine direct shipper bond. Iowa repealed the bond mandate in 2022 — so this is now a legacy or carrier-required filing, not a live state requirement. $100 flat.
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