LA third party tester bonds.
$300. Five minutes.
Louisiana requires every CDL third party tester to execute a $10,000 bond naming the Office of Motor Vehicles as obligee. Ours is $300 flat — 3% of the bond amount — and the application is five minutes with no credit check.
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Three steps. One sitting.
License bonds are among the simplest things in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section.
Pay & e-sign
Small fixed bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the Office of Motor Vehicles
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your third party tester contract or renewal. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$10,000 bond × 3% = $300, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
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.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.