GA third party tester bonds.
$300. Five minutes.
A Georgia commercial third party tester — a private provider authorized to give CDL skills tests — files a $10,000 bond with the Department of Driver Services. Ours is $300 flat, exactly 3% of the bond amount, and license bonds like this are the fastest thing we issue.
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Three steps. One sitting.
License bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials and no credit check section on this bond.
Pay & e-sign
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the DDS CDL Compliance Unit
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to send to the Department of Driver Services CDL Compliance Unit with your third-party tester application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
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$10,000 bond × 3% = $300, 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
Georgia lets approved private providers administer the CDL skills test in place of the state. A commercial third party tester is authorized by the Department of Driver Services, and the authorization is conditioned on a $10,000 surety bond — a requirement added when House Bill 118 was signed in 2015.
The bond is a public-protection guarantee: it stands behind the tester's compliance with state and federal CDL testing rules, so that test-takers and the public are not harmed by an improperly run skills test. It's a three-party arrangement among you (the principal), the surety, and the State of Georgia.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Governmental entities that test are exempt from the bond; private testers must keep the $10,000 filing active for as long as the authorization stands.
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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.
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If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.