LA excess weight & permit fee bonds.
From $100. Enter your amount.
Carriers who run oversize/overweight loads in Louisiana can charge their permit fees to a monthly DOTD account instead of paying per trip — backed by a surety bond that guarantees the monthly bill. The premium is 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum, and the application collects no credit information; the amount is sized to your monthly billing.
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Apply to filed in one sitting.
No underwriting queue for the standard permit-fee bond — enter your amount, pay, and set up your DOTD account. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount DOTD requires, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
Issued on the spot
The application collects no credit information, and most bonds issue the moment you pay. Larger amounts may get a quick review — if a check runs, it is a soft pull that never affects your score.
File with DOTD
Submit the executed bond to set up or maintain your DOTD surety bond permit account, so your permit fees bill monthly. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the office insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the permit-fee bond actually covers
Moving a load over Louisiana’s legal size or weight limits requires a special permit from the Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD), and the permit carries a fee tied to the damage and administrative cost of the movement. Carriers can pay each fee on the spot — or set up a monthly billing account with DOTD’s Weights & Standards / truck permits office and let the fees accrue.
A monthly account has to be secured by a surety bond that guarantees the bill. Per DOTD’s permit rules, the bond is executed in $1,000 increments at or above the customer’s monthly billing (no less than $1,000), so it scales with how much permitting you do.
The bond guarantees payment of the special permit fees and charges you run up — if you do not pay your monthly DOTD bill, the state recovers against the bond, and you repay the surety. It is a payment guarantee to DOTD, not insurance for your equipment or loads. We issue the amount DOTD set; pricing runs from $100 and the application collects no credit information.
You need this bond if you are
One application, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with the bond amount DOTD requires — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to set up your monthly permit account.
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Permit-fee bond, issued today.
Pricing from $100. Enter the amount DOTD requires and set up your monthly account the same day.