ME driver education school bonds.
$300. Five minutes.
A Maine driver education school must file a surety bond with the Secretary of State / Bureau of Motor Vehicles before it can be licensed — $10,000 for a Class A school under 29-A M.R.S. §1354. Ours is $300 flat, which is 3% of the bond amount, and license bonds like this are the fastest thing we issue.
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Three steps. One sitting.
License bonds are the simplest thing 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, no follow-up scavenger hunt.
Pay & e-sign
License bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the BMV
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your driver education school license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
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$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
A Maine driver education school teaches new drivers and prepares them for licensing. The Secretary of State, through the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, licenses these schools under 29-A M.R.S. §1354 and conditions the license on a surety bond standing behind the school’s obligations to its students.
The statute distinguishes by school class: a Class A driver education school files a bond of at least $10,000, and a Class B school at least $2,500. The bond is a student-protection guarantee — it backs prepaid tuition and the school’s compliance with the driver-education rules. (Schools must separately carry the required vehicle liability insurance; the surety bond is a distinct filing.)
It is a three-party guarantee, not insurance for you: if a school closes mid-program or violates the rules and a student is harmed, they can recover against the bond — and if the surety pays, you repay the surety. We track the renewal and notify you 60 and 30 days out.
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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. This is the $10,000 Class A amount; a Class B school files $2,500.
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.