Louisiana requires every CDL third party tester to execute a $10,000 bond naming the Office of Motor Vehicles as obligee. Ours is $100 flat — set by our carrier's rate book for this bond — and the application collects no credit information.
















License bonds are among the simplest things in surety. Here's the entire process:
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit section.
Small fixed bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your third party tester contract or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
Louisiana lets approved third party testers administer the CDL skills test on behalf of the Department of Public Safety, Office of Motor Vehicles. Because these testers stand in for the state's own examiners, the OMV requires each one to execute a $10,000 surety bond.
The bond names the Office of Motor Vehicles as obligee and specifically backs the retesting of drivers if an initial skills test was inadequate or was conducted through fraudulent activity. It protects the integrity of the CDL testing program and the public on the road.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The bond must remain in effect throughout the duration of your testing contract; we track it and notify you 60 and 30 days out so your authority never lapses.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit section, because this bond's application doesn't collect one.
Start the application →$100 flat, no credit review, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.