Alabama transportation broker bonds.
$100 flat.
Alabama requires every transportation broker to file a bond of not less than $10,000 with the Public Service Commission. Ours is $100 flat — set by our carrier’s rate book for this bond, identical for every broker. One soft credit pull; the bond is issued when you pay.
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How much does an Alabama transportation broker bond cost?
$100 at the $10,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
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.
Approved
Most are approved as soon as you apply. One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score. If it needs a second look, one to two business days at most.
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.
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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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the $10,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
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.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $10,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your bond is issued when you pay.
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$100 flat, short application, bond issued when you pay. Free until issued.