OR outfitter / guide bonds.
$100 flat.
If your Oregon outfitter/guide business collects deposits over $100 per person, the State Marine Board requires a $5,000 surety bond as part of your registration under ORS 704.020. The price you see is the checkout price: $100. 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.
Registration bonds are among the simplest things 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
Small fixed bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the Marine Board
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your Oregon State Marine Board outfitter/guide registration. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Oregon registers outfitters and guides through the State Marine Board under ORS 704.020 and OAR Chapter 250, Division 16. Most of registration is fees and a $500,000 liability insurance certificate — but a guide who collects deposits over $100 per person for a trip must also furnish a $5,000 surety bond (or an equivalent letter of credit).
The bond is a consumer-protection guarantee: it protects clients who pay deposits in advance. If a guide takes a deposit and fails to provide the trip as agreed, the harmed client can recover against the bond. It's a three-party arrangement — you (the principal), the surety, and the State of Oregon (the obligee), with your clients as the protected parties.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The bond must stay active as long as you take advance deposits, so we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out.
You need this bond if you're
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because this application doesn't have one.
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Finish your Marine Board registration today.
$100 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.