When you request direct access to Maryland driver and vehicle records, the MVA conditions that access on a surety bond filed on form DR-082. The $6,000 tier is the middle of the three; at our flat 3% that works out below our floor, so it lands at the $275 minimum.
















Records-access bonds are about as simple as surety gets. Here's the whole process:
Business details, your MVA subscriber number, trade name, and an effective date. That is the application — no financials, no credit check section.
Small fixed-amount license bonds like this are among the thousands that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed DR-082 bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your records-access account. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
3% of $6,000 is $180, under our $275 floor — so the premium is $275, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
Maryland tightly controls who can pull driver and vehicle records in bulk. Companies that obtain a direct-access record-services account with the Motor Vehicle Administration file a surety bond on form DR-082 as a condition of that access.
The bond is a compliance-and-protection guarantee. It stands behind your lawful, permitted use of the records you receive under the federal Driver's Privacy Protection Act and Maryland's record-disclosure rules. If you misuse records or breach the terms of your MVA account and someone is harmed, the bond is available to make them whole.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Maryland (the obligee). If the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The $6,000 figure is the middle of the three DR-082 tiers; the MVA tells you which tier applies to your account.
These are the actual issuing fields — including your MVA subscriber number — and no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.