Out-of-state haulers of liquid industrial by-products in Michigan must file a $30,000 bond with EGLE to be licensed as transporters — double the resident amount. Ours is $900 flat — 3% of the bond amount — and this bond has no credit check.
















Transporter bonds are simple. Here's the entire process:
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section.
Fixed-amount license bonds like this are among the bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to submit with your liquid industrial by-product transporter license. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
$30,000 bond × 3% = $900, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
Michigan regulates the transportation of liquid industrial by-products (formerly called liquid industrial waste) through EGLE under the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (Act 451 of 1994), Part 121. Anyone hauling these by-products for transport must be licensed, and that license is conditioned on a surety bond.
Nonresident haulers post a $30,000 bond — twice the $15,000 a Michigan-resident hauler posts. The bond is a financial guarantee to the department standing behind your compliance — including the costs the department may incur to manage waste if your operation fails or terminates.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. The bond must stay on file as a condition of your transporter license, so we track it and notify you ahead of any expiration to keep your license in good standing.
These are the actual issuing fields — 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.
$900 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.