Illinois transportation broker bonds.
$100 flat.
Illinois requires a licensed transportation broker to file a $10,000 surety bond with the Illinois Commerce Commission. Ours is $100 flat — set by our carrier's rate book, identical for every broker. One soft credit pull; the bond is issued when you pay.
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How much does an Illinois transportation broker bond cost?
$100 at the $10,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
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.
Approved
Most are approved as soon as you apply. One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score. If it needs a second look, one to two business days at most.
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.
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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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 $10,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
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
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.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $10,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your bond is issued when you pay.
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$100 flat, short application, bond issued when you pay. Free until issued.