MD dealer bonds.
From $100. Enter your amount.
Maryland licenses motor vehicle and trailer dealers through the Motor Vehicle Administration and conditions the license on a dealer bond under Transportation Article §15-308. The MVA sets the amount by license type and prior-year volume — enter the figure on your application and your exact price appears at the 60-second application. Pricing starts from $100; most applicants qualify at or near the minimum. One soft credit pull, which never affects your score.
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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, the bond amount the MVA set, and an effective date. The only extra step is a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Reviewed & approved
Most clear quickly; if underwriting needs anything, you hear from an underwriter within 48 hours. The credit check is a soft pull that never affects your score.
E-sign & file with the MVA
Pay online and receive the executed dealer bond, ready to file with your MVA dealer license application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the MVA insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the dealer bond actually guarantees
Maryland licenses motor vehicle and trailer dealers through the Motor Vehicle Administration, and Transportation Article §15-308 conditions the license on a dealer's bond. The bond is a consumer-and-public-protection guarantee: it stands behind your compliance with the Transportation Article in how you sell and title vehicles.
The amount is not a single fixed figure — the MVA sets it by license type and the number of vehicles sold the prior year, generally ranging from $15,000 to $300,000. Used-vehicle dealers commonly carry a $50,000 bond; new-vehicle dealers start around $50,000 and scale with volume. Enter the exact figure from your application and we issue that amount.
It's a three-party arrangement among you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Maryland with harmed buyers (the protected parties). If a dealer fails to deliver clear title, misapplies a customer's money, or otherwise violates dealer law, the harmed party can recover against the bond — and if the surety pays, you repay the surety.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once with the MVA-set amount and your bond is typically issued within 1–2 business days.
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The MVA is waiting on your dealer bond.
Five-minute application, pricing from $100. Enter the MVA-set amount and file in 1–2 business days. Free until issued.