Louisiana recreational products dealer bonds.
$200 flat.
Louisiana requires every licensed recreational products dealer to file a $20,000 bond with the Motor Vehicle Commission. Ours is $200 flat, one-time, identical for every dealer. One 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 recreational products dealer bond cost?
$200 at the $20,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps to licensed.
Your dealer license is waiting on this bond. Here’s the entire process — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
Business details, owner information, 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 LMVC
Pay online and receive the executed $20,000 bond, ready to file with your recreational products dealer license application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Louisiana licenses dealers of recreational products — new and unused motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles, marine products (watercraft, boats, marine motors, and boat/watercraft trailers), recreational vehicles, and trailers — through the Louisiana Motor Vehicle Commission (LMVC), and conditions the license on a $20,000 surety bond.
It is a consumer-protection guarantee: the bond stands behind your compliance with the dealer law and the contracts you sign with buyers. Under R.S. 32:1254, before a recreational products dealer license is issued, a good and sufficient $20,000 surety bond must be delivered to the Commission — and the bond must be maintained for the license period.
It is not insurance for you — if a buyer is harmed and recovers against the bond, you repay the surety. Failure to keep the bond in force suspends the license immediately, and the license is revoked if no proof of bond is furnished within thirty days — so we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out.
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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 $20,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
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 LMVC. Pay online and receive the executed $20,000 bond, ready to file with your recreational products dealer license application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $200 at the $20,000 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 check that never affects your score. Submit once and your bond is issued when you pay.
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$200 flat, short application, bond issued when you pay. Free until issued.