DC repair dealer bonds.
$200 flat.
A District repair dealer files a corporate surety bond with the Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection (DLCP) for the whole two-year license period, and the amount turns on headcount: five or fewer employees file $2,000, more than five employees file $5,000. This is the $5,000 page. Ours is $200 flat — the price you see is the checkout price. The application collects no credit information, and most applications approve instantly.
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Three steps. One sitting.
License bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here is the entire process:
Apply online
Business details, the type of repair dealer license you hold, and an effective date. That is the application — no financials, no credit section, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
Small license bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with DLCP
Your executed $5,000 bond and power of attorney arrive by email on the DLCP corporate surety bond form, ready to file with your license application or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
The District licenses businesses that take in a customer’s property and repair it for pay — appliances, electronics, watches, vehicles — and conditions the license on a corporate surety bond posted for the duration of the two-year license period. DLCP publishes the requirement in two places, because the endorsement sits on two different license categories: Consumer Goods (Auto Repair) rides on a Vehicular Services license, and Consumer Goods (Electronics Repair) rides on a General Sales and Services license. Both use the same two-tier bond table.
It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the District together with your customers (the protected parties). The bond backs your pledge to conduct repair business honestly and in line with the District’s consumer goods repair rules. If a dealer misrepresents a repair, keeps a deposit for work never done, or mishandles the goods left in its care, the harmed customer can recover against the $5,000 bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Headcount is what moves you between tiers: DLCP puts establishments with five or fewer employees at $2,000 and establishments with more than five at $5,000. If you hire past five mid-term, plan on filing the larger bond at renewal. DLCP will also accept a cash bond posted directly with the department instead of a corporate surety bond, but that ties up the full $5,000.
You need this bond if you are
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — business details, your repair dealer license type, and an effective date. There is no credit section, because this application collects no credit information.
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$200 flat, no credit section, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.