MI sales finance company bonds.
$200 flat.
Under the Michigan Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act, a $20,000 surety bond accompanies the first application for a sales finance company license — executed to the State of Michigan and applicable to your principal place of business under MCL 492.105. Ours is $200 flat, the price you see is the checkout price, and the bond issues the moment you pay. Any credit screen is a soft pull only — it never affects your score.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Sales finance licensing bonds are among the simplest filings in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details, an effective date, and a term. That is the entire application — and any credit screen is a soft pull that never shows as a hard inquiry.
Pay & e-sign
This bond is checkout-priced at $200 flat, so it issues the moment you pay — your executed bond and power of attorney generate on the spot.
File with your license application
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your first sales finance company license application. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Michigan regulates companies that purchase and finance motor vehicle installment sale contracts under the Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act, 1950 (Ex. Sess.) PA 27. Under MCL 492.105, a bond in the penal sum of $20,000 accompanies the first application for a sales finance company license and applies to the principal place of business — additional locations each carry a $10,000 bond.
The bond is executed to the State of Michigan for the use of the state and any person — conditioned on the licensee complying with the act and the administrator’s rules, and paying any money that becomes due to the state or to any person under the act. A person with an unsatisfied judgment against the licensee can sue on the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. A new bond or renewal certificate must be filed annually at least 15 days before July 1; we track the term and send renewal notices 60 and 30 days out.
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One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields — business details, an effective date, and a term. That is the entire application.
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$200 flat, issued the moment you pay, soft pull only. Free until issued.