Louisiana special permit fees bonds.
From $100.
When a Louisiana hauler runs oversize or overweight permits on a monthly fee account instead of paying each one up front, DOTD wants a bond standing behind those fees. It is filed under La. R.S. 32:387 — premiums price at 1% of your bond amount, $100 minimum, with your exact number in the calculator above. No credit check up to $100,000.
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How much does a Louisiana special permit fees bond cost?
1% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
No underwriting queue for the standard permit-fee bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with DOTD. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount DOTD set, and the effective date — that is the application.
Issued on the spot
No waiting — the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay. No credit check up to $100,000.
File with DOTD
Submit the executed bond to the DOTD permit office so your monthly fee account stays open. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the office insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What this permit-fee bond actually covers
Louisiana regulates the movement of oversize and overweight loads through the Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) under La. R.S. 32:380 et seq., and the special-permit fee provisions of La. R.S. 32:387. A hauler running many permits can keep a monthly fee account rather than paying each permit at the counter.
This bond is the security for that arrangement. The statute lets DOTD require a surety bond so the special-permit fees and charges you accrue each month are guaranteed — DOTD bills the account on a monthly cycle, and the bond stands behind what you owe.
It is not insurance for you — if DOTD recovers unpaid fees against the bond, you repay the surety. This is the fee-account bond; the separate permit-performance bond for the loads themselves is a different filing, and we write that one too.
You need this bond if you are
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 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.
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
File with DOTD. Submit the executed bond to the DOTD permit office so your monthly fee account stays open. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the office insists.
What sets the price
The premium is 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
No credit check up to $100,000. Above that, the carrier may run a soft pull, which never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with the bond amount DOTD set — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file.
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Permit-fee bond, issued today.
From $100. Enter the amount DOTD set and file the same day.