Illinois mileage tax (schedule) bonds.
From $100.
Running several Illinois vehicles on mileage plates? The schedule version of the Section 3-818 mileage-tax bond covers multiple vehicles on a single bond sized to the schedule, rather than $500 each. It prices at 2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum, set by the scheduled amount, not a credit tier — enter the scheduled amount and see your exact price.
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How much does an Illinois mileage tax bond cost?
2% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
No underwriting queue for the standard schedule bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the Secretary of State. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the scheduled bond amount, and the effective date — that is the application.
Issued on the spot
No credit check up to $10,000 — the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay, priced at 2% of the bond amount with a $100 minimum. Above $10,000, a soft pull may add a short review.
File with the Secretary of State
Submit the executed bond with your mileage-plate schedule. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the office insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the schedule bond actually covers
The mileage weight tax under Section 3-818 of the Illinois Vehicle Code lets second-division vehicle owners pay tax by miles run in Illinois rather than a flat weight tax. For a single vehicle that comes with a $500 per-vehicle bond — but operators running several mileage-plate vehicles can use a schedule instead.
The schedule bond is one surety bond covering the vehicles on your mileage-tax schedule, sized by the Secretary of State to the fleet rather than billed $500 at a time. It backs the same thing: the mileage tax owed if a vehicle runs beyond its guaranteed mileage without the additional tax being paid.
Like the per-vehicle bond, it runs to the state, and if the surety pays a claim you repay the surety. Enter the scheduled amount the Secretary of State set, and see your exact price — premiums start from $100, and no credit check up to $10,000. Confirm the figure on your schedule before filing.
You need this bond if you are
Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The term is set on the carrier’s application; the premium covers the period shown there.
Renewal falls on the statutory date, July 1, in the year your term ends.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
File with the Secretary of State. Submit the executed bond with your mileage-plate schedule. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the office insists.
What sets the price
The premium is 2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
No credit check up to $10,000. Above that, the carrier may run a soft pull, which never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with the scheduled bond amount — no credit check up to $10,000, and the executed bond is generated instantly for most applicants, ready to file with the Secretary of State.
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Schedule bond, issued today.
From $100. Enter your scheduled amount and file the same day.