Florida Talent Agency Bond
Overview
Florida licenses talent agencies under Part VII of Chapter 468, and section 468.408 pins the financial requirement to a specific number: each applicant for a talent agency license must deposit with the Department of Business and Professional Regulation a surety bond in the penal sum of $5,000. The bond runs in favor of the state for the benefit of any artist damaged by the talent agency's violation of the licensing law, putting a funded guarantee behind the relationship between agencies and the performers, models, and entertainers they represent.
Who Needs This Bond?
Talent agencies applying for or renewing a Florida license — booking agencies, modeling agencies, and entertainment placement firms that procure or attempt to procure engagements for artists in exchange for a fee or commission. The requirement follows the license under Chapter 468, Part VII, so a solo booking agent and a multi-office agency file the same $5,000 bond with the Department of Business and Professional Regulation.
What is this Bond For?
The bond protects artists. Florida's talent agency law regulates how agencies deal with the performers they represent — fees, contracts, escrow of artist funds, and honest conduct — and section 468.408's bond gives an artist damaged by a violation a source of recovery up to the bond's penal sum. It is the artists' financial backstop, not insurance for the agency, and the agency remains liable to reimburse the surety for any claim paid.
When is it Required?
With the license application. The statute requires the bond to be deposited with the department as part of licensure, so it is arranged before filing and maintained while the agency holds its license. Renewals require the bond to remain current; a lapse leaves the license unsupported by the security the statute demands.
Where Does it Apply?
Statewide. Talent agency licensing is administered by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation under the Florida Statutes, so the same license and the same $5,000 bond cover an agency's operations anywhere in Florida — Miami, Orlando, Tampa, or beyond — without county-level variations.
How to Buy Online
Choose 'Buy This Bond Online' to open the secure surety portal in a new tab. A bond at this size takes minutes to apply for — complete the application, pay online, and your executed $5,000 Florida talent agency bond arrives ready to deposit with the department.
Why Bond Titan?
Bond Titan is powered by The Southern Agency, a licensed surety agency. The bond amount and beneficiary language on this page come straight from section 468.408, linked in the Official Sources section — verify the statute, then finish your bond online without delaying your license application.
Official Sources
The requirements described on this page are verified against the official sources below.
- Applicant for a talent agency license must deposit a surety bond in the penal sum of $5,000 with the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, for the benefit of artists damaged by violations: Fla. Stat. §468.408 (verified July 16, 2026)