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Mississippi barber school bonds.
$500 flat.
Mississippi requires a licensed barber school to file a $50,000 surety bond with the State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering, protecting students’ prepaid tuition if the school closes. Ours is $500 flat per year of term, set by our carrier’s rate book for this bond. A quick soft credit check may apply and never affects your score; the bond is issued when you pay.
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Three steps to licensed.
Your school license is waiting on this bond. Here is the entire process — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
School details, owner information, effective date. That is the application — the only extra step is a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Approved
Most are approved as soon as you apply. The credit check is a soft pull that never affects your score. If it needs a second look, one to two business days at most.
E-sign & file with the Board
Pay online and receive the executed bond on the Board’s school surety bond form, ready to file with your barber school license application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the Board insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Mississippi regulates barber and cosmetology schools through the State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering, and conditions a school license on a surety bond. The bond is a student-protection guarantee: if the school ceases operation, it stands behind the refund of unearned tuition to enrolled students.
The current school surety bond form puts the penal sum at $50,000, payable to the Board for the benefit of students. (Older statute language referenced a $25,000 figure; the figure was raised in recent legislation, and the Board’s current bond form reflects $50,000 — confirm the amount on the form you were sent.) A certificate of deposit or government bonds may be filed in lieu of surety.
It is not insurance for the school. If the surety refunds tuition to harmed students, the school repays the surety. Schools that finish what they enroll treat the bond as a license formality — and the bond must stay active for the life of the license.
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One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your bond is issued when you pay.
Start the application →Common questions.
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The Board is waiting on one document.
$500 flat, short application, bond issued when you pay. Free until issued.