Iowa

About the state

Iowa, "The Hawkeye State", has 51 unique bond types required by state agencies and another 91 required by local municipalities. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Iowa is home to 243,047 businesses and ranks as the #29 state by total annual payroll. To view detailed articles on each surety bond required in Iowa, click the links below.

Iowa Bonds

State Bonds

• Appraisal Management Company ($25,000.00)
• Bail Enforcement Agency ($5,000.00)
• Boxing/Wrestling/Mixed Martial Arts Event ($5,000.00)
• Business Opportunity
• Class A Beer Permit (Beer Wholesale Only) ($5,000.00)
• Class A Wine Permit and Class A Native Wine Permit (Wine Wholesale Only) ($5,000.00)
• Class AA Beer Permit (High Alcohol Content Beer) ($5,000.00)
• Closing Agent ($25,000.00)
• Credit Services Organization ($10,000.00)
• Debt Management License
• Delayed Deposit Services License ($25,000.00)
• Delayed Deposit Services License
• Distribution or Sale of Cigarettes and/or Tobacco Products ($500.00)
• Distribution or Sale of Cigarettes and/or Tobacco Products ($2,500.00)
• Distribution or Sale of Cigarettes and/or Tobacco Products ($5,000.00)
• Distribution or Sale of Cigarettes and/or Tobacco Products ($1,000.00)
• Distribution or Sale of Cigarettes and/or Tobacco Products ($3,500.00)
• Employment Agency ($30,000.00)
• Feeder Pig Dealer
• Grain Dealer ($100,000.00)
• Grain Warehouse
• Instructional School
• Loan Company License ($25,000.00)
• Lottery Agent
• Mobile/Manufactured Home Retailer ($50,000.00)
• Mortgage Broker ($100,000.00)
• Motor Vehicle Dealer ($75,000.00)
• Motor Vehicle Defective Title
• Nursing Home
• Out-of-State Contractor ($25,000.00)
• Plumber and Mechanical Contractor ($5,000.00)
• Private Investigative Agency ($5,000.00)
• Private Investigative Agency and Private Security Agency ($10,000.00)
• Private Security Agency ($5,000.00)
• Property Broker or Freight Forwarder BMC-84 (ICC Broker) ($75,000.00)
• Public Adjuster ($20,000.00)
• Regulated Loan License ($25,000.00)
• Retail Class E Liquor License
• Retail Sales Tax
• Self-Insurer's Workers Compensation
• Special Class A Beer Permit (Brew Pub Privilege Only) ($5,000.00)
• Special Class AA Beer Permit (High Proof Brew Pub) ($5,000.00)
• Surface Mining Operations
• Third Party Administrator
• Timber Buyer or Buyer's Agent
• Travel Agency ($10,000.00)
• Travel Trailer Dealer ($25,000.00)
• Waste Tire Hauler ($10,000.00)
• Wholesale Distributor (Pharmacy) ($25,000.00)
• Wholesale Distributor (Pharmacy) ($100,000.00)
• Wine Direct Shippers License ($5,000.00)

City or County Bonds

• ADLM Counties Environmental Public Health License/Permit
• Altoona - City License/Permit
• Anamosa - City Auctioneer ($1,000.00)
• Ankeny - City Utility Installation Performance
• Any Union Wage and Welfare
• Asbury - City License/Permit
• Bettendorf - City License/Permit ($10,000.00)
• Bettendorf - City License/Permit ($20,000.00)
• Bremer - County Electrical Contractor ($5,000.00)
• Bremer - County General Contractor ($5,000.00)
• Bremer - County Heating and Cooling Contractor ($5,000.00)
• Bremer - County Plumbing Contractor ($5,000.00)
• Bremer - County Septic System Contractor ($5,000.00)
• Buchanan - County License/Permit
• Buena Vista - County License/Permit
• Burlington - City License/Permit
• Calhoun - County License/Permit
• Cedar Falls - City License/Permit
• Cedar Rapids - City Grading, Opening or Working in Public Street and Property ($10,000.00)
• Cedar Rapids - City Sidewalk Contractor ($10,000.00)
• Cedar Rapids - City Auctioneer ($1,000.00)
• Cedar Rapids - City Itinerant Vendor ($1,000.00)
• Center Point - City License/Permit
• Cerro Gordo - County License/Permit
• Charles City - City License/Permit ($5,000.00)
• Clear Lake - City License/Permit ($5,000.00)
• Clinton - City License/Permit
• Clinton - County License/Permit
• Coralville - City License/Permit
• Council Bluffs - City License/Permit ($10,000.00)
• Davenport - City Contractor's (Street, Sewer)
• Davenport - City License and Permit
• Davenport - City Sidewalk and Driveway Construction ($10,000.00)
• Davenport - City Tree Trimmer ($10,000.00)
• Davenport - City Utility, Plumber & Contractor Combined Performance ($5,000.00)
• Des Moines - City License/Permit
• Des Moines - City Right of Way Permit Performance and Maintenance
• Des Moines - City Use of Street - Construction ($5,000.00)
• Des Moines - City Use of Street - Destruction/Demolition ($5,000.00)
• Des Moines - City Use of Street - Renovation ($5,000.00)
• Des Moines - City Waste Hauling Contractor ($10,000.00)
• Dewitt - City License/Permit
• Dubuque - City Transient Merchant
• Eldridge - City License and Permit
• Epworth - City License/Permit
• Fairfax - City Itinerant Vendor ($1,000.00)
• Floyd - County License/Permit
• Fort Dodge - City License/Permit
• Fort Dodge - City Transient Buyer
• Generic Obligee Concessionaire
• Hampton - City License/Permit
• Hiawatha - City License/Permit
• Indianola - City Mechanical Contractor
• Installation Made Easy Inc (IME) IME Affiliate
• Iowa Northland Regional Council of Governments (INRCOG) General Contractor ($5,000.00)
• Johnston - City License/Permit
• Keokuk - City License/Permit
• La Porte City - City License/Permit
• Landfill of North Iowa License/Permit
• LeClaire - City License/Permit
• Lumber Liquidators Inc Installation Provider
• MEMO Financial Services, Inc dba MEMO MEMO Money Order
• Marion - City License/Permit
• Marshalltown - City Sidewalk Contractor Site Specific ($1,000.00)
• Marshalltown - City Sidewalk Contractor: Annual Bond ($10,000.00)
• Mason City - City License/Permit
• Muscatine - City Peddler ($1,000.00)
• Muscatine - City License/Permit
• Newton - City License/Permit
• Nora Springs - City License/Permit
• North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters Wage & Fringe Benefit
• Oelwein - City License/Permit
• Oskaloosa - City License/Permit
• Plymouth - City License/Permit
• Polk - County Onsite Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Systems Contractor's License ($15,000.00)
• Rudd - City License/Permit
• Secretary of State Transient Merchant License
• Sioux City - City General Building Contractor ($10,000.00)
• Sioux City - City Transient Merchant
• Spencer - City License/Permit
• Urbandale - City License/Permit ($5,000.00)
• Waterloo - City Building Mover ($10,000.00)
• Waterloo - City Erection and Maintenance of Signs ($5,000.00)
• Waterloo - City Pawnbroker ($2,000.00)
• Waterloo - City Right of Way Construction ($15,000.00)
• Waterloo - City Transient Merchant
• Waukon - City Itinerant Vendor ($1,000.00)
• West Des Moines - City Sign Installation ($5,000.00)
• West Liberty - City License/Permit
• Windsor Heights - City Mechanical Contractor
• Windsor Heights - City Plumbing Contractor