AL transportation broker bonds.
$300 flat. Soft pull.
Alabama requires every transportation broker to file a bond of not less than $10,000 with the Public Service Commission. Ours is $300 flat — 3% of the $10,000 amount, identical for every broker. One soft credit pull, e-signed in 1–2 business days.
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Three steps to licensed.
Your broker's license is waiting on this bond. Here's the entire process — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
Business details, owner information, effective date. That is the application — the only extra step is a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Reviewed & approved
Most of these clear quickly; if underwriting needs anything, you hear from an underwriter within 48 hours. The credit check is a soft pull that never affects your score.
E-sign & file with the Public Service Commission
Pay online and receive the executed bond ready to file with your PSC broker application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the Commission insists.
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$10,000 bond × 3% = $300, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Alabama licenses transportation brokers through the Public Service Commission (PSC) under the Alabama Motor Carrier Act. No one may operate as a broker without furnishing a bond — not less than $10,000 — that insures the broker's financial responsibility and the supplying of authorized transportation under the broker's contracts and arrangements.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Alabama / PSC (the obligee), with shippers and carriers as the protected parties. If a broker fails to perform — leaving a carrier unpaid or a shipper's freight stranded — the harmed party can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Brokers who pay their carriers and honor their contracts treat the bond as a license formality, not a risk.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your bond is typically issued within 1–2 business days.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
Do I pay the $10,000? +
Who requires this bond? +
Is this the same as the federal BMC-84 broker bond? +
Is there a credit check? +
When does it renew? +
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The Public Service Commission is waiting on one document.
$300 flat, five-minute application, e-signed bond in 1–2 business days. Free until issued.