GA special plate sponsor bonds.
$1,500 flat. Soft pull.
A nonprofit that wants to sponsor a new Georgia specialty license plate posts a $50,000 bond under O.C.G.A. 40-2-86 as surety for the money it collects from drivers who pre-order the plate. Ours is $1,500 flat — 3% of the bond amount — with one soft credit pull.
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Three steps to sponsored.
Your specialty plate is waiting on this bond. Here's the entire process — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
Organization details and an effective date. The only extra step is a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Reviewed & approved
Most 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.
File with the Department of Revenue
Pay online and receive the executed $50,000 bond, ready to submit with your specialty-plate sponsorship request and proposed design. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
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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 sponsor bond guarantees
Georgia lets a qualifying nonprofit (often a 501(c)(3)) sponsor a new specialty license plate under O.C.G.A. 40-2-86 and the standardized process in O.C.G.A. 40-2-60.1. A new plate is only manufactured once the Department of Revenue receives at least 1,000 prepaid applications with the manufacturing fees.
Because the sponsor collects those prepayments from drivers, the statute requires a $50,000 bond as surety for the moneys collected from applicants. It protects the state and the drivers who paid in advance if the sponsor mishandles the prepaid funds or the plate program fails to launch.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The amount is fixed at $50,000, so the price is fixed at $1,500. We issue it with a soft pull only, which never affects your score.
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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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Launch your specialty plate today.
$1,500 flat, five-minute application, e-signed bond in 1–2 business days. Free until issued.