Mississippi outdoor advertising bonds.
$100 flat.
Before you erect billboards adjacent to a Mississippi state highway, the Mississippi Department of Transportation wants a $1,000 outdoor advertising business bond on file. Ours is $100 flat — the price you see is the checkout price. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit check.
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How much does a Mississippi outdoor advertising bond cost?
$100 at the $1,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
Permit bonds like this are about the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details, the county, and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Small fixed permit bonds like this are among the bond types that issue right after purchase.
File with MDOT
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your outdoor advertising permit application to the MDOT Maintenance Division in Jackson. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Mississippi regulates billboards and other signs adjacent to its state highways under the outdoor advertising provisions of the Mississippi Code (chapter 49-23), administered by the Mississippi Transportation Commission and MDOT. An outdoor advertising business must hold a permit for its signs, and MDOT conditions that on a $1,000 surety bond.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and MDOT (the obligee). The bond guarantees you'll follow the rules on the placement, adjustment, and removal of advertising signs — and it backs the cost of removing or adjusting a sign that isn't in accordance with the law.
It is not insurance for you — if MDOT has to remove or adjust a non-compliant sign and recovers against the bond, you repay the surety. Operators who keep their signs permitted and compliant treat the bond as a permit formality, and we keep your $1,000 filing continuous.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the $1,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
File with MDOT. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with your outdoor advertising permit application to the MDOT Maintenance Division in Jackson. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $1,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
No credit check.
One application, issued instantly.
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Get your billboards permitted without a paperwork holdup.
$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.