MN CDL third party tester bonds.
$275. Five minutes.
Minnesota third-party CDL skills testers file a fixed $5,000 bond with the Department of Public Safety, Driver and Vehicle Services. At 3% of $5,000 the math lands below our floor, so the price is our $275 minimum, flat. The application is five minutes with no credit check on this bond.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Tester bonds are about as simple as surety gets. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Your details, the testing program owners, and an effective date. That is the application — no financials, no credit check section.
Pay & e-sign
Small fixed-amount bonds like this are among the many that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with Driver and Vehicle Services
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your third-party tester authorization. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$5,000 bond × 3% = $150, which is below our $275 minimum — so you pay $275, one-time per term. Multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the tester bond actually guarantees
Minnesota lets approved third parties administer the commercial driver license (CDL) skills test on behalf of the Department of Public Safety, Driver and Vehicle Services. A third-party tester is authorized to conduct those tests — and posts a $5,000 surety bond as a condition of that authorization.
The bond is an integrity-and-compliance guarantee. It stands behind the tester administering CDL skills tests honestly and in accordance with state and federal commercial-driver regulations. If a tester violates those duties, the state can claim against the bond, up to the $5,000 penal sum.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Testers who run their program by the book treat the bond as a formality of authorization, not a risk.
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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.
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If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.