IL transportation broker bonds.
$300 flat. Soft pull.
Illinois requires a licensed transportation broker to file a $10,000 surety bond with the Illinois Commerce Commission. Ours is $300 flat — 3% of the bond amount, identical for every broker. One soft credit pull, e-signed in 1–2 business days.
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Three steps to licensed.
Your broker 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 Commerce Commission
Pay online and receive the executed broker surety bond ready to file with the Illinois Commerce Commission. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the agency insists.
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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
Illinois regulates for-hire transportation under the Illinois Commercial Transportation Law (625 ILCS 5, Chapter 18c), administered by the Illinois Commerce Commission. A broker — anyone who arranges for-hire transportation of property by a licensed motor carrier — must hold a license and file a $10,000 surety bond under 625 ILCS 5/18c-5105.
The bond stands behind your compliance with the Commercial Transportation Law. You are the principal, the surety carrier stands behind you, and the Illinois Commerce Commission is the obligee. The surety agrees to notify the Commission of all suits, judgments, and payments under the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The bond must stay active for the life of your broker license, so we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out, keeping your $10,000 filing continuous.
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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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The Commerce Commission is waiting on one document.
$300 flat, five-minute application, e-signed bond in 1–2 business days. Free until issued.