Licensed Arizona escrow agents are required to post a $100,000 surety bond with the Arizona Department of Financial Institutions before acting as an escrow agent or founding an escrow agency.
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Below, we detail some of the requirements to become a licensed Arizona escrow agent.
Applicants for an escrow license in Arizona must do all of the following:
Once licensed, annual renewals are at $1000 per applicant, and $250 per branch location.
The application renewal date in Arizona is September 30th, and the renewal period without penalty is from August 15th through September 30th.
There is no “grace period” for renewals, and applicants will be assessed late fees if their renewal fees are received from October 1st through October 31st.
The $100,000 Arizona escrow agent/agency surety bond is not an insurance policy for escrow agents.
The surety bond is a guarantee, a legal and financial protection, which protects consumers and the state of Arizona from wrongful, illegal, or fraudulent acts which may be committed by an escrow agency in the course of their escrow agency business activities.
More correctly, then, the $100,000 escrow agency bond is a purchase by the escrow agency applicant for the benefit of others, namely, the consumer public.
Applicants for the escrow agency bond can rest assured that they will pay no where near $100,000 for the bond.
They will pay a much smaller percentage of the bond amount, likely between 1-5%.
The amount, particularly for those who have little to no prior history as an escrow agent will be determined by an applicant’s credit score.
AmeriPro Surety Bonds offers a “soft pull” for escrow agency credit applications.
This means that when your credit is “run”, doing so will not have an adverse effect on your credit score.
AmeriPro Surety Bond’s pledge is to provide the best customer service, pricing, and surety bond experience for all of our customers.