KS driver training school bonds.
$100. Five minutes.
Kansas requires every driver training school operator to file a $2,500 bond with the State Department of Education. The price is $100 flat — the checkout price is the price. License bonds like this are the fastest thing we issue.
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Three steps. One sitting.
License bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
School details and an effective date — that's the application. No financials, no credit section.
Pay & e-sign
Small license bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the State Department of Education
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your driver training school license. Note the bond carries a December 31 expiration date the state sets — wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Kansas licenses commercial driver training schools through the State Department of Education, under the driver training school provisions of Chapter 8, Article 2 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated. A school that teaches driving for a fee must hold a license, and the license is conditioned on a $2,500 surety bond.
The bond is a student- and public-protection guarantee: it stands behind the school's compliance with the statutes and regulations governing driver training schools, and protects students from financial loss if the school fails to deliver the instruction it was paid for.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Kansas (the obligee), with students as the protected parties. The state sets a fixed December 31 expiration, and the surety can cancel on 30 days' written notice to the state board — so we track renewals and notify you ahead of each year-end.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — the application collects no credit information for this bond.
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$100 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.