The Massachusetts collection agency bond is a $25,000 surety bond required of debt collector companies operating in the Commonwealth. While the bond is required of your company, its benefit is for the Commonwealth on behalf of consumers. Please call AmeriPro Surety Bonds at: 844-589-9732.
Update 2020: AmeriPro Surety Bonds now offers the Massachusetts collection agency bond for $188, annually, and with no credit check. Additionally, we'll file your surety bond to NMLS as required. We also offer prepayment options for 2 or 3 years. Please call us now at 844-589-9732.
Collection agencies operating in the Commonwealth are regulated by the state’s Division of Banks.
Licensing for new debt collector applicants is found under the mass.gov website.
As part of the licensing process, debt collection agencies are required to furnish the appropriate surety bond.
AmeriPro Surety Bonds offers the debt collector surety bond for both first time and existing collection agencies which need to renew their surety bond.
The Massachusetts collection agency bond is a $25,000 surety bond required by Commonwealth state regulations.
Pricing for the collection agency bond will be determined by the following:
Applicants with very good credit may pay as little as 1% for this surety bond; however, the amount that you will pay will be determined by the above variables, and so may vary considerably.
The Massachusetts debt collection agency bond is typically active for one year from the date of issuance.
Options exist in some cases to prepay for the collection agency bond for either 2 or 3 years. Though the premium in such instances would obviously be more, it does offer a savings over renewing annually.
Your Massachusetts collection agency bond (also referred to as a debt collection surety bond) is a financial guarantee which ensures your compliance with all rules, regulations, additions, and amendments involved in debt collecting in the Commonwealth.
The bond protects against acts of fraud, theft, misrepresentation or criminal malfeasance involved in debt collections.
The protections afforded the consumer by this surety bond also extend to wrongdoing committed by employees, agents, and managers of your collection agency business.
AmeriPro Surety Bonds is a surety bonds only agency. We provide license and permit, contractor, court, and fiduciary surety bonds throughout Massachusetts and all of New England.
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