CT marker plate issuance bonds.
$600. No credit check.
A Connecticut provider authorized to issue marker plates (Connecticut’s term for license plates) on the DMV’s behalf files a $20,000 marker plate issuance bond. Ours is $600 flat — 3% of the bond amount — with no credit check.
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Three steps. One sitting.
This is one of the simplest filings in surety. Here is the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application — no financials, no credit check section.
Pay & e-sign
Small fixed-amount bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the DMV
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your marker-plate authorization. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$20,000 bond × 3% = $600, 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
Connecticut calls its license plates marker plates. When the DMV authorizes a dealer or third-party provider to issue marker plates as part of electronic registration, it requires a $20,000 marker plate issuance bond standing behind that responsibility.
The bond is a state-and-public-protection guarantee: it backs your proper handling and issuance of state-owned marker plates and the inventory and records that go with them. If plates are issued improperly, misused, or unaccounted for, the State of Connecticut can recover against the bond.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Connecticut through the DMV (the obligee). It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. We write the $20,000 amount at a flat $600.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn’t have one.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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$600 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.