KS vehicle title service agent bonds.
$250 flat.

Kansas will not license a vehicle title service agent until a $25,000 surety bond is on file with the director of vehicles — the requirement is set by K.S.A. 8-2603, and the amount is the same for every agent in the state. Ours is $250 flat, and the price you see is the checkout price. The application collects no credit information, and most applications approve instantly.

Required before the director of vehicles will issue a title service agent license under K.S.A. 8-2603
Fixed amount, fixed price — $25,000 bond, $250, no quote process and no calculator
Licences expire every December 31 — take a 2 or 3-year term and stop re-buying it each autumn
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How it works

Three steps. One sitting.

Dealer Licensing wants the bond in the packet, not a promise of one. Here is the entire process:

NOW · ONLINE

Apply online

Business details, the term you want, and an effective date. That is the application — the bond amount is already set at $25,000, so there is nothing to size and nothing to negotiate.

MINUTES, USUALLY

Pay & e-sign

Licence bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.

SAME DAY

File with the Division of Vehicles

Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to go into your Dealer Licensing packet with the application and the annual fee. Wet-ink original mailed on request.

About this bond

What it is and who needs it.

What the title service agent bond actually guarantees

A vehicle title service agent is defined by K.S.A. 8-2601 as a person who, for a fee, acts as someone else’s agent in applying for or obtaining a certificate of title, a registration or licence plate, or a registration renewal — and, for a licensed Kansas dealer, in obtaining temporary registrations, title assignment addendums, or sales tax receipt books. Licensed vehicle dealers are excluded, and so is anyone dealing exclusively in commercial vehicles. If you run title and tag work for dealers or the public and you are not the dealer yourself, this is your licence.

The bond exists because the job puts other people’s money and other people’s ownership documents in your hands. It runs to the State of Kansas for the benefit of any aggrieved retail or wholesale buyer or seller of a vehicle, and it indemnifies them for loss caused by acts that would be grounds to suspend or revoke your licence — a title that never gets perfected, fees collected and not remitted, paperwork filed wrong. A buyer who is harmed can recover against the bond up to $25,000.

It is not insurance for you. If the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Keep the bond in force for the whole life of the licence: the surety can cancel only on 30 days’ notice to the director, but a licence without a bond behind it is revoked, so we track your expiry and notify you 60 and 30 days out. Because every Kansas licence in this family expires on December 31, a 2 or 3-year bond term is usually the cheaper way to stay continuous.

K.S.A. 8-2603K.S.A. 8-2602 bars any person from engaging in the business of a vehicle title service agent without complying with the act and puts the director of vehicles in charge of issuing licences and supervising licensees. K.S.A. 8-2603 sets the terms: the application is verified and states the applicant’s name, the address where business will be conducted, and the residence address, with the same detail for partners or officers; the annual licence fee is $75 for the calendar year or any part of it, and every licence expires on December 31 of the year for which it was granted unless suspended or revoked sooner; an application received after February 15 is treated as a new application rather than a renewal. Subsection (e) requires a bond in the amount of $25,000 with a surety company authorized in Kansas, conditioned on compliance with the requirements for lawfully obtaining or receiving certificates of title, and running to the state of Kansas as indemnity for any loss sustained by an aggrieved retail or wholesale buyer or seller of a vehicle by reason of acts of the bonded person that constitute grounds for suspension or revocation. The surety may cancel on 30 days’ notice to the director, after which it is off risk for later breaches. Subsection (f) permits a $25,000 deposit of cash, United States or Kansas negotiable bonds, or bank certificates of deposit with the state treasurer in place of a bond, held for not less than two years after delivery of the certificate of title in the licensee’s final transaction. Licences are not transferable; a change of ownership requires a new application.

You need this bond if you're

Applying for a Kansas title service agent licence through the Department of Revenue’s Dealer Licensing bureau
Renewing before December 31 — renewals are due before the licence year ends, and after February 15 you are treated as a new applicant
Reinstating a lapsed licence or replacing a bond a surety cancelled on 30 days’ notice
Adding title and tag service to an existing office that is not itself a licensed Kansas vehicle dealer

One application, issued instantly.

These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because this application doesn't collect credit information.

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FAQ

Common questions.

How much is the Kansas vehicle title service agent bond?The premium is $250 flat — set by our carrier's rate book for this bond, the same for every agent. The $25,000 bond amount is fixed by K.S.A. 8-2603, so there is no quote process and nothing to calculate.
Do I pay the $25,000?No. You pay $250. The $25,000 is the surety’s maximum liability if an aggrieved buyer or seller makes a valid claim against the bond — it is not a deposit, and nobody holds your money. K.S.A. 8-2603(f) does allow a $25,000 deposit with the state treasurer instead, but almost nobody ties up that much cash when a bond does the same job.
How fast will I have the bond?Licence bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase — many agents finish the application and have the bond in the same sitting. At most, 1–2 business days.
Is there a credit check?The application collects no credit information, and most applications approve instantly. If a check ever runs on this bond, it's a soft pull that won't affect your score.
What happens if the bond is cancelled?The surety must give the director of vehicles 30 days’ notice, and after that it is not liable for breaches occurring past the cancellation date. Your licence is conditioned on the bond staying in effect, so a cancelled bond that is not replaced costs you the licence. Renew or replace before the notice period runs out.
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