Before a partnership can solicit students for a Minnesota private career school, each solicitor needs a permit from the Office of Higher Education — and that permit requires a $2,000 surety bond under Minn. Stat. 136A.825. The bond is priced at 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum — your exact price appears in the on-page calculator.
















No underwriting queue for the solicitor bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the Office of Higher Education. Here is the whole thing:
Your partnership details, the $2,000 bond amount, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
No credit information collected and no waiting — most applicants get the executed bond as soon as they pay.
Submit the executed bond with your solicitor permit application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the office insists on them.
Minnesota requires anyone who solicits students to enroll in a registered private career school to first obtain a solicitor's permit from the Office of Higher Education. Under Minn. Stat. 136A.825, no permit issues unless the solicitor files a continuous corporate surety bond of $2,000.
The bond is conditioned on the faithful performance of all contracts and agreements with students the partnership's solicitors make. A student harmed by a breach has a cause of action against the bond — the surety's aggregate liability is capped at the $2,000 penal sum.
When the principal is a partnership, the bond is written in the partnership's name. The statute also lets an applicant deposit $2,000 with the commissioner of management and budget instead of a bond, but a surety bond costs only the premium rather than tying up the full amount in cash.
Submit the application with the $2,000 statutory amount — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file with the Office of Higher Education.
Start the application →Pricing from $100. Enter the $2,000 amount and file with the Office of Higher Education the same day.