ID wholesale dealer bonds.
$1,200 flat. Soft pull.
Idaho requires every wholesale-only vehicle or vessel dealer to file a $40,000 bond with the Transportation Department. Ours is $1,200 flat — 3% of the bond amount, identical for every dealer. One soft credit pull, e-signed in 1–2 business days.
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Three steps to licensed.
Your dealer license 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 Transportation Department
Pay online and receive the executed bond, ready to file with your dealer license application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists.
The whole pricing page.
$40,000 bond × 3% = $1,200, 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
Idaho licenses vehicle and vessel dealers through the Transportation Department's Division of Motor Vehicles, and conditions the license on a performance bond. The amount depends on what you sell: $40,000 for wholesale-only dealers, $20,000 for retail dealers, and $10,000 for motorcycle, ATV, UTV, truck-camper, and snow-machine dealers.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Idaho together with harmed buyers and sellers (the protected parties). If a dealer fails to deliver clear title, misapplies funds, or otherwise violates dealer law, the harmed party can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. This page is the $40,000 wholesale-only bond; if you also do retail or sell powersports, the required amount may differ — send us your license type and we will confirm.
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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.
Do I pay the $40,000? +
Why is mine $40,000 and not $20,000? +
What does the bond guarantee? +
Is there a credit check? +
When does it renew? +
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The Transportation Department is waiting on one document.
$1,200 flat, five-minute application, e-signed bond in 1–2 business days. Free until issued.