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The Vermont Bail Bond Agent license

Bail Bond Agent

Writes surety bail bonds in Vermont. DFR issues the license and the Court Administrator decides whether you may actually post a bond, which are two separate approvals from two branches of government.

Course

None

This license has no pre-licensing course route.

Ways in

1

It requires the state exam.

Exam

Varies

Priced per paper. The prices are below.

Prometric's bulletin prints two prices for the same papers: $52 single and $67.60 combination on one page, $73 and $87 on the next. The lower pair is the one it has kept up to date.

Every way to qualify

  1. Route 1 Pass the examination and be appointed by a sponsoring insurer

    State exam required

    • Appointment by a sponsoring insurer, which only the insurer may submit, and without which the license cannot be issued

    DFR's list is closed and carries no course: at least eighteen, and competent, trustworthy and financially responsible in the Commissioner’s judgment; a written examination passed; appointment by a sponsoring insurer; and the application and fees. The Department adds that a license cannot be issued without the appointment and only an insurer may submit one. Then comes the part a reader has to know before treating the license as sufficient: a bail bond agent must be approved to act as a surety, or on behalf of one, by the Vermont Court Administrator before executing a bond or posting bail. The insurance regulator licenses the agent and the judiciary decides whether the agent may work, which no other bail license on this site splits quite this way.

    Read at the Department on 2026-08-18

No national seller carries a bail course or bail examination preparation for any state on this site, and Vermont examines this license itself.