Louisiana auto title company bonds ($100,000).
$1,000 flat.
A Louisiana auto title company with one location must file a $100,000 bond with the Office of Motor Vehicles. Ours is $1,000 flat — the price you see is the checkout price, identical for every company. A quick soft credit check may apply — never a hard inquiry; the bond is issued when you pay.
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How much does a Louisiana auto title company bond cost?
$1,000 at the $100,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps to filed.
Your OMV contract is waiting on this bond. Here's the entire process — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
Business details, your location, 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 Office of Motor Vehicles
Pay online and receive the executed bond ready to file with OMV. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the office insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the auto title bond actually guarantees
A Louisiana auto title company contracts with the Office of Motor Vehicles to process vehicle title and registration transactions for the public. Under La. R.S. 32:735, an auto title company must be of good character, maintain an office in the state, and execute a surety bond meeting the requirements of R.S. 32:736.
The bond names the OMV as obligee and is conditioned on the company timely filing all applications with the office and timely remitting all fees and taxes it collects. If the company collects public money and fails to deliver the applications, fees, or taxes, the state can recover against the bond.
The amount is set by statute by the number of locations: $100,000 for a company with one location, and $125,000 for a company with more than one location. This page is the $100,000 single-location bond. If the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety.
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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 $100,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The term is set on the carrier’s application; the premium covers the period shown there.
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 Office of Motor Vehicles. Pay online and receive the executed bond ready to file with OMV. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the office insists.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $1,000 at the $100,000 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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The OMV is waiting on one document.
$1,000 flat, short application, bond issued when you pay. Free until issued.