NY ticket reseller bonds.
$250 flat.
New York requires every licensed ticket reseller to file a fixed $25,000 bond with the Department of State — ours is $250 flat. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit review of any kind, not even a soft pull.
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Three steps. One sitting.
License bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with your license
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your ticket reseller license application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
A ticket reseller bond is a consumer-protection guarantee. You buy and resell tickets to entertainment events, and the state wants a financial backstop that you'll deal honestly with the public — no fraud, no extortion, no misrepresentation in how tickets are priced and sold.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the People of the State of New York (the obligee), with your customers as the protected parties. If a reseller commits fraud or any unlawful act or omission under the ticket law, a harmed person can recover against the bond up to $25,000.
The license is issued annually by the Department of State, and the bond has to stay in force the whole time you're licensed. We track your term and notify you 60 and 30 days out, so your license never lapses over paperwork.
You need this bond if you're
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because this bond doesn't have one.
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$250 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.