Minnesota — Collection Agency (Individual) Bond
This Minnesota collection agency option is for an individual proprietor using Commerce's individual bond form. It is not an employee debt collector's registration. Match the proprietor's legal name and office to the agency application before ordering or signing.
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- Recorded state
- Minnesota
- Bond type
- Collection Agency Bond
- Category
- Financial services
What this bond does
The individual form secures the proprietor's compliance with sections 332.31 through 332.45 and other legal obligations arising from the conduct of the collection agency. Its condition extends beyond accounting for money collected for clients.
- Who needs it
- Individual proprietors applying for or maintaining a Minnesota collection agency license. A corporation, LLC or partnership uses its corresponding Commerce form; calling a business owner an individual does not change the business's legal organization.
- Who it protects
- The bond runs to the Minnesota Department of Commerce for the State and all people damaged by a breach of the specified statutes or other agency-related legal obligations. Principal and surety are jointly and severally bound. The Commissioner and a damaged person have an action on the bond, subject to its aggregate limit.
Your bond option
This is the option on record for this bond.
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The bond amount describes the limit of the bond obligation, not the price. A listed amount does not establish what the requesting party requires. The premium is what you pay and must be confirmed for the actual option. An E&O limit, where listed, is separate errors and omissions insurance.
Sources
- Minnesota Commerce debt collections licensing (opens in a new tab)Checked October 27, 2026
- Minnesota individual-proprietorship collection agency bond (opens in a new tab)Checked October 27, 2026
- Minnesota Statutes 332.34 (opens in a new tab)Checked October 27, 2026
Have these ready
- Confirm that the agency is an individual proprietorship rather than a corporation, LLC or partnership.
- Match the proprietor's legal name, any assumed name and office to the agency application.
- Gather prior-calendar-year Minnesota debtor receipts and earned commissions for Commerce's amount worksheet.
- Arrange owner and surety acknowledgments, power of attorney and upload of the original executed form through Sircon.
Questions about this bond
Is this the bond for an individual employee debt collector?
No. The individual bond form is for the proprietor of the collection agency. The licensed agency separately submits employee collectors' registrations to Commerce.
Can an LLC owner use the individual form?
The form follows the agency's legal organization. Commerce publishes a separate corporation/LLC form. An LLC does not become an individual proprietorship because one person owns it.
Does the liability limit start over each June?
No. The individual form describes continuing aggregate liability regardless of claims or years in force. Review the required amount against the prior year's Minnesota collections and commissions separately from renewing the agency license.

