AZ used motor vehicle dealer bonds.
$700 flat.
Arizona requires a licensed dealer who sells used vehicles to the public to file a $100,000 bond with ADOT. Ours is $700 flat — set by our carrier’s rate book for this bond, identical for every dealer. One soft credit pull, e-signed in 1–2 business days.
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Three steps to licensed.
Your dealer 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 ADOT
Pay online and receive the executed $100,000 bond, ready to file with your dealer license application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Arizona licenses motor vehicle dealers through the Department of Transportation, Motor Vehicle Division, and conditions the license on a surety bond under A.R.S. § 28-4362. A dealer who sells used vehicles to the public posts a $100,000 bond running to the State of Arizona as obligee — the same amount as a new-vehicle dealer.
The bond is a consumer-and-public-protection guarantee. By statute it stands behind the dealer’s nonpayment of customer prepaid title, registration, or related fees and taxes, and the dealer’s failure to deliver a valid vehicle title free and clear of prior owners’ interests and liens. If a buyer is harmed in those ways, they can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Used-car dealers who deliver clean title and remit fees on time treat the bond as a license formality, not a risk.
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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 typically issued within 1–2 business days.
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ADOT is waiting on one document.
$700 flat, short application, e-signed bond in 1–2 business days. Free until issued.