diff --git a/types/account.go b/types/account.go
index 00d180a1c7..fa471ab49f 100644
--- a/types/account.go
+++ b/types/account.go
@@ -62,6 +62,15 @@ func GetAccAddressBech32(address string) (addr Address, err error) {
 	return Address(bz), nil
 }
 
+// must create an Address from a string
+func MustGetAccAddressBech32(address string) Address {
+	addr, err := GetAccAddressBech32(address)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return addr
+}
+
 // create a Pubkey from a string
 func GetAccPubKeyBech32(address string) (pk crypto.PubKey, err error) {
 	bz, err := getFromBech32(address, Bech32PrefixAccPub)
@@ -77,6 +86,15 @@ func GetAccPubKeyBech32(address string) (pk crypto.PubKey, err error) {
 	return pk, nil
 }
 
+// must create a Pubkey from a string
+func MustGetAccPubkeyBec32(address string) crypto.PubKey {
+	pk, err := GetAccPubKeyBech32(address)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return pk
+}
+
 // create an Address from a hex string
 func GetValAddressHex(address string) (addr Address, err error) {
 	if len(address) == 0 {
@@ -98,7 +116,16 @@ func GetValAddressBech32(address string) (addr Address, err error) {
 	return Address(bz), nil
 }
 
-//Decode a validator publickey into a public key
+// must create an Address from a bech32 string
+func MustGetValAddressBech32(address string) Address {
+	addr, err := GetValAddressBech32(address)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return addr
+}
+
+// decode a validator public key into a PubKey
 func GetValPubKeyBech32(pubkey string) (pk crypto.PubKey, err error) {
 	bz, err := getFromBech32(pubkey, Bech32PrefixValPub)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -113,6 +140,15 @@ func GetValPubKeyBech32(pubkey string) (pk crypto.PubKey, err error) {
 	return pk, nil
 }
 
+// must decode a validator public key into a PubKey
+func MustGetValPubKeyBech32(pubkey string) crypto.PubKey {
+	pk, err := GetValPubKeyBech32(pubkey)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return pk
+}
+
 func getFromBech32(bech32str, prefix string) ([]byte, error) {
 	if len(bech32str) == 0 {
 		return nil, errors.New("must provide non-empty string")