CO towing carrier bonds.
$1,500 flat. Soft pull.
Colorado requires a towing carrier to file a $50,000 surety bond with the Public Utilities Commission to guarantee payment of civil penalty assessments. Ours is $1,500 flat — 3% of the bond amount. One soft credit pull, e-signed in 1–2 business days.
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Three steps to permitted.
Your towing permit 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 PUC
Pay online and receive the executed bond ready to file with your towing carrier permit at the Public Utilities Commission. Wet-ink originals mailed when the state insists.
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$50,000 bond × 3% = $1,500, 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
Colorado regulates towing carriers through the Public Utilities Commission (PUC). A towing carrier — including carriers that perform nonconsensual tows from private property — must file a $50,000 surety bond as a condition of its permit.
This is a civil-penalty-assessment bond: under C.R.S. 40-10.1-401(3), it guarantees payment of a civil penalty assessment the carrier fails to pay when due. The surety’s yearly aggregate liability is capped at the bond amount, regardless of how many claims arise.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a penalty the PUC assessed, you repay the surety. Carriers that follow the towing rules and pay assessments on time treat the bond as a permit formality. The bond is separate from the liability and cargo insurance the PUC also requires.
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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.
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The PUC is waiting on one document.
$1,500 flat, five-minute application, e-signed bond in 1–2 business days. Free until issued.